Myanmar Army commits war crime again by killing and abducting villagers

Myanmar Army again committed war crime in Arakan, western part of Myanmar,

by killing two villagers and wounding seriously seven villagers on 29.3.2019.

In morning, around 6:30 am, on 29.3.2019, Myanmar Army started shooting machine

guns and launchers from Tein Nyo bridge into Aut Tha Kan village, shouting the whole

time abusive word “ F---king Arakan”  while firing and entering into village.

The deceased were two women and one of those was pregnant woman who was in

her grocery , selling food and other things to her own villagers in Aut Tha Kan village.

Local media wrote that injured persons were admitted to hospital in Mrauk-U Town and some media persons told that villagers were forced to sit on the ground under the sun’s ray by putting hands on head. 

At the same time, village elder men were kicked on head and chest with military boots by Myanmar Army men. Youths were also pounded with butt of gun and were inserted with muzzle of gun on chest.  When Myanmar Army left village on the same day, they abducted five villagers away with them. The family members of abductees were in lament. No Myanmar Officer holds accountable.

Arakan American Community demonstrates against the brutal Myanmar Army's war crimes

Arakan Americans from Arakan American Community in USA – roughly, nearly four hundreds-  gathered in front of With House and Myanmar Embassy on 25.3.2019. They demonstrated against the brutal Myanmar Army’s war crimes in Arakan, western Myanmar and demanded to stop Myanmar Army’s brutal killing on Arakanese people in Arakan.

Moreover, they demanded UN, US and International organizations that brutal Myanmar Army should not be allowed to buy arms from developed nations and it should be taken action by International Criminal Court on the ground of committing war crimes against the humanity.

A poor family of Arakan National killed in cold blood by brutal Myanmar Army

Myanmar Army – war criminal – currently is killing 

Arakanese villagers in the lost Arakan to Myanmar everyday.  Arakan  was once free Nation ,which presently is

being colonized by Myanmar, and is situated on the east coast line of Bay of Bengal.

The coast line is called “ Arakan Coast Line “

Nowadays, Myanmar leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, instructs her war criminal Myanmar Army to eliminate Arakan Army in Arakan – western part of Myanmar. Therefore, war criminal Myanmar Army launches offensive attacks against the Arakan Army. Moreover, Myanmar Army is killing Arakanese people on the accusation of being tied with Arakan Army.

On March 22, 2019, in northern Arakan, Myanmar Army shelled the village named Si taung from outside of village and then entered into village. While Myanmar Army shelled and entered,

villagers, in fear, were fleeing from their homes. Unfortunately, a family comprised five persons

-Grandma (95),father (55),mother (55),elder son (23) and youngest son(19)- were trapped and hiding in the makeshift bomb shelter or trench at their home but column of Myanmar Army found out them and opened fire in close range. Atrocious and brutal Myanmar Army killed a Arakanese poor family in cold blood.

Local media published this but it told that a family was killed by shelling bomb of Myanmar Army on village. 

The fact which people became to know is that after war criminal Myanmar Army retreated from Si Taung village, Local youths and relatives enquired situation of village. They recorded video and found the fact that poor Arakanese family were shot in close range in makeshift trench by brutal Myanmar Army.

Myanmar Army opens fire every house in Mrauk-U, Arakan

On these days, Myanmar Army entered Mrauk-U town in Arakan , which is being colonized by Myanmar , by trucks and opened fire into houses and buildings. By the time it entered into town, the sun has gone down. Myanmar Army men from the trucks started shooting into every house from the tamarize ward to other wards by driving their trucks in high gear, yelling abusive words “ Fucking Arakan “  or “ Lo Ma Thar Rakhine” .

Every night the sun went down, Myanmar Army appeared to enter Mrauk-U town to open fire

houses of Arakanese people from driving trucks on these days. Therefore, there were at least(10) persons who had injured and were admitted to hospital in Mrauk-U.  Houses in every ward and a private Bank are hit by bullets and small millimeter mortars.

Mrauk-U town is ancient city of Arakan Kingdom. It is heart of Arakan National and heritage

site. Many ancient pagodas and Buddha Statues are seen everywhere in Mrauk-U . But it is no matter for Myanmar Army. So, Arakan national heritage site like Buddha statues and pagodas were also fired by Myanmar Army. One of sacred pagoda was bombed and one of images of Buddha was also fired by Myanmar Army. It is believed that Myanmar Army will never destroy its own heritage sites and Buddha pagodas but dares to demolish Arakan’s .

The reason why Myanmar Army dares to fire on civilians and heritage sites in Mrauk-U  is that it is losing its soldiers everyday while attacking to Arakan Army. The death toll of Myanmar Army is so much high while they launch offensive attacks against the 

Arakan Army.

Hence, they cowardly started to kill, persecute, arrest, loot and rape Arakanese people, committing war crime against the humanity . Myanmar Army’s chief and culprit Myanmar

leaders are most likely to be in the International Criminal Court for their guilt soon because ICC is working hard to take legal action against the culprit Chief of Myanmar Army and culprit Myanmar political leaders. 

Myanmar Air Force strafes rockets on position of Arakan Army after it loses strategic base

The strategic base of Myanmar Army was occupied on 10.3.2019 in northern Arakan

by Arakan Army after fierce clashes between the Arakan Army and Myanmar Army.

During the period of occupation,  Arakan Army captured eleven

Myanmar soldiers and seized many ammunitions and weapons of Myanmar Army.

According to Arakan Army’s website, it is taking care of eleven prisoners of war and

materializing to hand over them to international organization like Red Cross.

Arakan Army has already handed over prisoners of war to International Committee of

Red Cross (ICRC) once in previous years.

After Myanmar Army lost its tactical base, it again launched offensive attacks against

the Arakan Army by using fighter jets. On 13.3.2019, Myanmar Air Force bombed and

strafed rockets on position of Arakan Army in northern Arakan hitting villages. Therefore,

villagers, in fear, are fleeing from their villages to nearby places. Nowadays, Internally

Displaced Persons (IDPs) are over ten thousands in northern Arakan due to offensive attacks

of Myanmar Army. But Myanmar government does not allow any organization including UN

to access IDPs to help humanitarian aid.  IDPs are facing lack of foods and shelters and suffering from diseases like dysentery because of no clean water.

With everyday clashes between the Myanmar Army and Arakan Army in the lost Arakan to Myanmar (western Myanmar), fighting has dominated all over rural areas and towns. In these

circumstances, Myanmar Army is violating human rights and committing war crimes on civilians

and Arakanese villagers by killing, persecuting, raping, looting, arresting and threatening.

Landmine set by Myanmar Army kills Arakanese elder man

Column of Myanmar Army left landmines in Mrauk Oo Township in Arakan ,western Myanmar, without clearing them after it stationed near the village named Aoug Tha Kan.

As we all know, Myanmar Army ignores to sign at UN for no landmines and it still is using

Landmines like 14-mine and 16-mine in the battles against the Arakan Army which

represents people of Arakan to free from Myanmar. Just one day back, that was after

clash between the Arakan Army and Myanmar Army on 5.3.2019, unfortunately,

three persons from Aoug Tha Kan village, in Mrauk Oo Township, went to their plantation and

their own small hill to fetch firewood. They did not know that Myanmar Army stationed and

left landmines there. They stepped on one of landmines

set by Myanmar Army.

 

No sooner had

landmine blasted than one of three persons named Mr. Tun Sein died(aged 68). He lost both of his legs when landmine exploded . Remaining two persons injured on knees and back respectively .

Myanmar Army is killing, persecuting, arresting, looting and executing Arakanese people and

bombing on villages. Moreover, it is firing into villages while it enters villages to kill and loot villagers.

Arakanese adolescents killed by Myanmar Army

How Myanmar Army persecutes and executes Arakanese people in Arakan, western

Myanmar, is that After Aung San Suu Kyi called for her notorious and brutal Army to

crush Arakan Army immediately in Northern Arakan, Myanmar Army became a licence

holder to kill and loot  Arakanese people.

Almost everyday, there in northern Arakan, clashes between the Myanmar Army and

Arakan Army deadly happen near the villages since December, 2018. After every clash,

Myanmar Army enters villages and randomly fires houses and villagers causing villagers’

deaths. There are currently a boy and a girl whom Myanmar Army kills by firing in village.

The boy is seven years old and from thami Hla village. The girl also is 19 years old and from

Minfu village. At the same time, Myanmar Army tortures and executes villagers.

According to Information and Publicity Department,
All Arakan Students' and Youths' Congress (AASYC),

on February 21, 2019 an Arakanese young boy named Maung Zaw Naing Naing Htay 17 years of age who is one of candidates of government matriculation exam which will begin on March 7, 2019 was tortured by Myanmar Army . Upon his coming back to his home after fueling his motorcycle from a filling station called (Kaung Hkhun Thit) Moe Kaung Hkhun which locates outskirts of the city of Kyauktaw was arbitrary detained by Myanmar Army’s battalion No. 539 in front of the Battalion No. 375 camp at between 16:00 to 17:00 hours. He was taken to the battalion no. 539 and the Army released him in that night . Since his was released he cannot speak properly and suffering psychological fear in his mind.

And nearly a dozen civilians(11 people) have been missing in the township of Mrauk-U presently.   According to people with knowledge of situation, Myanmar Army arrests and takes away them after clashes with Arakan Army. Nobody knows where they are now. But at nearby Ran Aung Pyin

village, Mrauk Oo Township, badly,five burned bodies are found by villagers after missing.

Clashes are still occurring in Mrauk Oo Township therefore forcibly people are being taken as

porters to carry heavy things and as guides to lead routes in region by Myanmar Army.

India Army should not commit again such kind of Operation Leech

21 years ago, the Indian army killed 6 Arakanese and Karen leaders and arrested many Arakanese soldiers in India's remote island of Andaman and Nicobar by luring them with a promise to offer an isolated island as their base. This incident was known as "Operation Leech" which India did only to appease then military junta of Burma. The Operation Leech has only brought disgrace on India as it caused the instability in the government and former Indian navy chief Admiral Vishnu Bhagawat had to resign from his post and many other army officers that took millions of dollars as bribes from the Burmese military intelligence service are still facing their trials.

I still remember that about 15 years ago, the BBC East India correspondence Mr. Subir Bhaumik said in a conference held in New Delhi that India had killed Arakanese leaders and arrested many Arakanese soldiers but China has never done such short-sighted act, by referring to the Operation Leech incident.

Yes, Subir's opinion was right. China never does such action against any of the ethnic revolutionary groups even though many ethnic nationalities armed forces are based and carrying out their struggles against the brutal Burmese junta in areas bordering China. It's like Mr. India likes a small bone and Mr. China wants to get a big pot of meat. That is the big difference between China and India and that's why India is always behind China. China instead used the situation to benefit its business empire and political power in the region. What India, as the world's biggest democratic nation gained from the notorious Operation Leech was nothing for Indian people, but shame.

If the Indian leaders didn't commit such a big mistake over 20 years ago, many innocent lives of Arakanese people would have been saved from the executions by the Burmese army. India might also be pocketing trillions of dollars worth of profits annually from every major business and economic plants from Arakan where the world's second largest natural gas deposit and other natural resources including oil, uranium, etc. exist. The direction of the gas pipeline currently connecting Kyauk Pyu and Kunming might have diverted to Guhawati or Kolkata.

My dream of seeing Arakanese people freed from the brutal oppression of the Burmese army, and their lives being developed using Indian technologies and also using the Indian rupees as their state currency have all disappeared with the destruction of Arakanese revolution by the Indian army.

Now, there is news on the internet about the possible joint operation of Indian army and Burma army against the new Arakan Army (AA). The Arakan Army is supported by the people of Arakan and they are fighting for equality and self-determination for the oppressed people, it does no harm to India or Indian people. Moreover, the Burma army is due to face the International Criminal Court (ICC) for its human rights violations to non-Burmese people so India will gain nothing by cooperating with Burma army that is committing rapes, killings, lootings and other inhuman crimes against the Arakanese and other non-Burmese people currently being colonized by the Burmese. The good image of Indian army will damage badly once again like in the last 20 years ago.

Even though we can't change the decision of greedy politicians, we can make our voices loud for the benefits of our country and our people. We should not allow our country name damage due to a few incorrupt people. One of the six AA leaders killed by the Indian army on 11th Feb, 1998 in Landfall Island was my own brother but I hold no grudge against India. I am fully aware of the fact that the bribery played a big role in the involvement of India army in Burma internal conflict.

So, I want to request my Indian friends to voice your concerns against the Indian army's support for the brutal, barbaric, notorious, and infamous Burma army and save the glorious image of the great Indian army.

AKK

"Jai Hind"
"Jai Arakan Army"

Please share and spread this message and save the Indian army from repeating the same mistake again as repeating it would only bring shame to the Nation and its people. It will also save the lives of innocent people from the brutal killing of Burma army in Arakan.

Photos: 1,2,3: The Arakan Army leaders with Indian army and intelligence officers in Indo-Arakan-Bangladesh border. The former 4: Former Arakan Army (Marine) members.

Credit-Akyab Kumar Khan

Arakan under the Myanmar or Burma rule

The western part of so-called Myanmar is the lost Arakan kingdom to Myanmar.  Myanmar

or Burma occupied it and colonized it until now. Under the Myanmar rule, Arakanese are

being badly persecuted and the land of Arakan is becoming poorer land of the world.

Therefore, Arakanese people, from time to time, are struggling to regain their nation back from Myanmar or Burma in a way of possibilities.

Nowadays, Arakanese people gave birth its Arakan Army to survive alive and free from Myanmar. Hence, almost everyday, Myanmar Army’s columns are launching offensive attacks against the Arakan Army in Arakan, western part of so-called Myanmar, by using air force and artillery. Myanmar Army’s offensive attack against the Arakan Army in Arakan has been almost over three months except just a few days without deadly clashes. Myanmar Army is not only targeting to attack Arakan Army but also bombing Arakanese villages.

Columns of Myanmar Army bomb villages, cultivating fields, farmyards and haystacks. By the

time Myanmar Army bombs on haystacks of poor farmers, fire breaks out and engulfs some

houses of villages causing minor and elder persons to die. So, villagers are afraid and flee from their villages to nearby villages. At the same time, Myanmar soldiers forcefully enter into villages and loot properties of villagers.

A few days back, in Maung Daw Township, due to Myanmar Army, haystacks in paddy fields

were burn to ground after its flames burst into nearby woods. Fire engines from local fire station were fighting to extinguish.

Almost everyday clashes between the Myanmar Army and Arakan Army in Arakan cause villagers to flee from their villages becoming internally displaced persons. Nowadays, there are

almost 7000 IDPs in Arakan in just three months. Even if number of IDPs is appearing much,

Myanmar government and Myanmar Army do not allow International Organizations and Local Aid Groups to access IDPs to help humanitarian aids.

Battle news and Burmese Army’s War Crimes (Feb 1 and Feb 2, 2019)

http://arakan.army/battle-news-and-burmese-armys-war-crimes-feb-1-and-feb-2-2019/

In the evening around 6:30 PM in February 1st, 2019, a ten-minute long fighting between Arakan Army and Burmese Army broke out near Kharu Chaung village and Ragaung Chaung village in Rathedaung Township.

The following morning from 8:47 AM to 10:42 AM in February 2nd, another exchange of fire broke out near Kyauk Tan village and Reboat village in Rathedaung Township. The Burmese army suffered great casualties during the fighting and Arakan army was able to seize arms and ammunitions from battalion (566) of the Burmese Army.

In addition, Arakan Army also captured their ration including bags of rice, beans and Shwe Phe Oo tea sachets at one-kilometer distance from southwest of Pa Ka Wa village in Paletwa Township. During the past few months, Arakan Army seized their rations three times excluding this.

After intersecting the ration support lines of the Burmese Army, we have found that the Burmese Army intimidated and forced the villagers to transport rations from the Pa Ka Wa villagers and Mwe Hlaing Wa villagers to their supply lines. On humanitarian grounds, we have let the villagers go unharmed, after stopping the rations from going over to the Burmese Army.

The Burmese Army has been witnessed to have committed war crimes for they have used civilians to transport rations for their supply. They made use of the civilians to find ways on their military routes while using the civilians as human shields from attack.

A clear evidence happened on 2 February when they took away and used as human shields three people from Kyauk Tan village, Rathedaung Township, namely (1) U Kyaw Sein Than (aged 51) (2) Maung Lone Shay (aged 30) (3) Maung Than Hlaing (aged 32). Eyewitnesses gave confirmation that a Burmese convoy of about 70 troops took them away towards “Hlaing Gwan Gyi” creek.

Arakan Army encourages the human rights documenters to keep vigilant about the Burmese Army’s war crimes during these days so that they can be reported to international human rights watch groups.