Myanmar regime leaves the civilians of Arakan in a neglected state

From time to time, Myanmar regime left the civilians of Arakan in a neglected state because it supposes Arakan is historically Burma or Myanmar’s inner enemy and they believe that if they must keep pressing civilians of Arakan, it will only work for them. To prove this, there are a lot of shreds of evidence and how they oppress Arakan currently is as follows.

The mask on the face of Myanmar Human Rights commission was removed and was seen as a very ugly ogre when it accepted Myanmar military statement and  it denied  that Myanmar Military had abducted 19 Arakanese villagers from Timma village, KyaukTaw Township in Arakan, nine months ago.

Family members of missing villagers overheard and got clues that their beloved were forced to work in the Myanmar military camp but some people believe that on the evidence of Myanmar Army’s recent atrocity, it was likely to be that Myanmar Army had massacred (19) villagers and it disposes of them somewhere else.

Even if the commission did not conduct investigation due to the Myanmar Army’s restriction not to do so,  it became unilaterally to accept Myanmar Army’s denial statement.

Nine of the original group of 18 villagers were abducted from Tin Ma New village on March 13, while the other 10 from Tin Ma Gyi village were arrested by Myanmar troops on March 16 — all on suspicions of having ties to the Arakan Army. The body of one of them, Maung Win, was discovered two months later in the Kaladan River, riddled with bullet holes.

Tun Thein, whose brother-in-law Aung Nyunt and brother Aung Tha Pan are among the missing villagers, said he and others are concerned that soldiers may have killed the men.

“We want to know if they are still alive or not,” he said. “That’s why we tried to file the case at the Kyauktaw Myoma Police Station.” But a police officer there told Tun Thein that the relatives would have to file a complaint with the military, not the police.

“The police should have accepted the missing person cases,” Tun Thein said. “We have evidence.” Reported RFA media.

Local Media Narinjara News earlier reported that a group of people approached the officer of Kyauktaw Myoma police station at around 3:30 pm on 8 December to file a case of 21 missing villagers, but the police officer denied it and even threatened them with arrest.

And also a 63-year-old woman has gone to complain about her missing husband after the abduction by Myanmar troops to the police station to file a case about her beloved husband who went missing in March 2020 but the police officer again denied and threatened of her arresting, Narinjara News reported.

Family members of the missing villagers said they have evidence that the Myanmar military abducted their relatives and the soldiers involved wore uniforms with the insignia of Myanmar Army Division No. 55.

An abductee’s wife 63-year-old woman said her husband was arrested before her eyes while he was having foods at home in Tinma village under Kyauktaw township. The Burmese army personnel took him to their camp atop Taung Shay hills located nearby to their village reported Narinjara News.

MNHRC was sent a complaint by four local lawmakers, requesting investigation be conducted and action be taken against the war criminal Myanmar troops for abducting the poor villagers but it was to no avail and one can realize that the
Myanmar regime left the civilians of Arakan in a neglected state.

 

Does Aung San Suu Kyi smear her hands with the blood of people of Arakan again?

Due to the statement released by the Arakan Army to hold an election before December 31, 2020, in northern Arakan where ballot casting was deliberately canceled by the ruling party of Myanmar for the security reason, Myanmar Military has halted its fighting against the Arakan Army and against the civilians of Arakan.

But after Japanese envoy ─ who said that he has realized the ECU, controlled by the ruling party, does not want an election in Arakan ─ visited Arakan to be held an election,  Myanmar Army starts its military build

ing up again in Arakan even if Internally Displaced Persons are going back to their villages where fighting broke out heavily almost every day in the last two years and currently is calm.

In the recent days, local residents have reported that large Myanmar military forces are building up in Rathitaung and Buthitaung townships in Arakan (western Myanmar) and Myanmar Navy is dropping thousands of troops near the mouth of Mayu river to attack the position of Arakan Army from the east side and from the west side near the Mayu mountain.

 In fact, this region is mostly under the control of Arakan Army therefore Arakan Army is aware large troops of the Myanmar Army which is approaching Mayu mountain range gradually again.

Military tension is slowly becoming high between the Arakan Army and Myanmar Army on these days and fighting also can be broken out at any time.

According to local military analysts,  Consequentially, In this region or in these  townships, Arakan Army completely prepares for any type of attack ─ offensive and defensive.

One can remember that government spokesperson Zaw Htay said Myanmar military will assault until the end of the war against the Arakan  Army, the war will prolong and civilians will die from war. In 2019, Aung San Suu Kyi instructed Myanmar Army to crush down Arakan Army and she paid homage Myanmar soldiers for fighting against the Arakan Army. She also ordered the military to use a combination of air, navy, and ground troops to fight against the Arakan Army and she declared the Arakan Army as a terrorist organization.

She still has no friendly thought for Arakan National. Arakan was once independence kingdom  and is now being colonized by Myanmar. She has arrested Arakanese political leader Dr. Aye Maung and nationalist writer Wai Hun Aung and she has done to pass judgment of the judicial court for life sentence to both Dr. Aye Maung and author Wai Hun Aung. They pled judicially petitions to court after court but she forced every court to turn down all petitions.

Therefore, after she forms her new government again, she will resume her intention to crush Arakan Army by ordering the Myanmar Army to launch military offensive operation again against the Arakan army.

Most people of Arakan believe that Aung San Suu Kyi will again participate in the killing field in Arakan from behind the Myanmar Army by instructing her Army in her second term of government. 

 

 

Arsons, effacing and disposing

There were a lot of arsons to Arakanese villages in Arakan  (western Myanmar) committed by Myanmar Army after Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi shut down internet last year.

Besides these, effacing dead bodies of Arakanese villagers after killing them by Myanmar Army was also rising from small to big number in Arakan under the nose of Aung San Suu Kyi.

If I am to say as much as I can remember, it is as follows.

On 5/7/2019, Amyet Taung and Alay Caung village in RathiTaung township and Buthitaungtownship respectively were set on fire to the ground by Myanmar Army. It was learnt that after battle happened on the mountain near the Amyet Taung village, the arsonist war criminal Myanmar Army entered into villages and started setting fire to houses on the west and east. Every house was burned to ground and poor villagers were to flee from village to nearby places. 

On May 4, 2020, Nga Taug Tu Chay village in Rathitaung township was also burned to ground

and on May 7,2020, Nga Sa Yin Chaung village in Minbya township too was set on fire to the ashes.

 On May 16, 2020, at 1:45 PM, Lakka village in Mrauk U township was absolutely burned to the ground by Myanmar soldiers before they again set Tinma village on fire in KyaukTaw Township.In March, 2020, Tinma village was burned down entirely.

 And nearly a dozen civilians (11 people) had been missing in the township of Mrauk-U .   According to people with knowledge of situation, Myanmar Army arrested and took 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 were found by villagers after Myanmar soldiers abducted them from the village. It was just exactly believed that Myanmar soldiers effaced them after killing atrociously by burning bodies.

 

Similarly, whereabouts of villagers of Timma village arrested by Myanmar soldiers since March is still unknown. There were 18 villagers from Timma village to whom Myanmar  soldiers abducted after setting Timma village on fire on March 16,2020.

 

It was innumerable that Myanmar soldiers dumpped disposeof dead bodies of civilians of Arakan in paddy fields, into rivers and even in sewer of toilet or underground the deep pit of toilet after they killed innocent Arakanese villagers brutally.

 

Peas from the same sack

In the Myanmar politic dominated by majority Burman race, there is heinous tactic which is utilized to crush down strong minority political parties and strong minority armed forces by majority Burman race. If a minority political party or minority armed force emerges strongly, Myanmar or Burmese government initially puts its weight on its Army to do whatever it wants against the minority. Enjoying this right, Myanmar Army commits arbitrary arrest, human right violation, hijack, murder, arson, rape, genocide, looting, etc. to crush down minority.

 

When international community points out crimes of Myanmar Army, Both of them ─ government and army ─ reply that it is not their responsibility. To be clear, Myanmar government says it is the Army’s and Army also says it is Government’s. However, they are the two sides of the same coin (In Arakanese proverb: peas from the same sack).

 

And, when they become to face very hard situation during the period of eliminating against the minority, one of them paves the positive or constructive way to minority to walk on. On the other hand, one of them also is still distancing and preparing trap on the path. This fact is seen currently when Myanmar Army cannot make good recovery in the battle front of Arakan, in Arakan and it is to halt fighting against the Arakan Army without declaring ceasefire.

 

When Myanmar is unable to defeat Arakan Army as they has thought it was easy after they utilized strategy that is to target civilians of Arakan by using jet fighters, helicopters, MLRS, navy and ground troops, Myanmar Army becomes to break fighting. This is only fact why they halt fighting against the Arakan Army.

 

Superficially, we are to know that Arakan Army releases statement to hold election in Northern Arakan and then Myanmar Army welcomes and halts its fighting against the Arakan Army and civilians of Arakan.  As we all know, they have never honest wills to shake hands with minority races because they want to dominate politic and they want to control power over the minorities forever. To continue their intention, Myanmar is to do this and they will open new strategy to crush Arakan Army again near in future.

 

Destroying almost entire civil structures, increasing Internally Displaced Persons again, arresting, killing and wounding people of Arakan, both Myanmar government and Myanmar Army will fight against the Arakan Army and civilians of Arakan again after break. During the break, Myanmar will prepare its strength and will lure politically into trap ─ NCA ─ but Arakan Army will never step on it and will mobilize its reserve troops from North to South in Arakan. The storm is just calm right now and still 
awaits people of Arakan because it is not over.

Arakanese Motor Boat Driver complains bitterly against the exploitation of Myanmar Soldiers

 

Myanmar soldiers station on the hill near the Ramaung Bridge in Minbya township, in Arakan, western Myanmar and they construct posts at the two sides of the river and then demanding fees from passers-by  by  force of arms even if bridge, road and river is not toll bridge, not toll road and not toll water way.

There are small motor boats in the river which transport villagers every day from villages to Minbya town and from Minbya town to villages. The boat driver Maung Lone, who is one of boat drivers, complained bitterly that he had been unfairly treated to pay money by Myanmar soldiers when he passed under the bridge.

According to report, When Maung Lone drove his small motor boat to town with passengers, he was asked to show his registration card – passengers are also asked to show – at the post under the Ramaung Bridge. Therefore he and his passengers handed over their cards to Myanmar soldiers. After a while, Myanmar soldiers told him that they will keep all cards until boat return back from town and ordered to purchase one visa of beef from town market for them.

When Maung Lone and his passengers came back from town, they were to stop at the post under the bridge. No sooner had Myanmar soldiers received one visa of beef from Maung Lone than they asked again Maung Lone to give 50 thousands Myanmar Kyat currency, saying Maung Lone was carrying cement bags on the boat. He explained bugger Myanmar soldiers that cement bags were inclusive tax and for construction of village monastery. But, he was rejected and forced to pay.

Maung Lone told local media – Narinjara News – that he had to pay yesterday also 3 thousands Myanmar Kyat to the Myanmar soldiers when he passed under the bridge. He continued to tell media that amount of 3 thousands money was somewhat small – US 2 dollars – I can try to pay them but 50 thousands money was too much for me, said Maung Lone.

Maung Lone pleaded political leaders through the media to handle exploitation of Myanmar armed forces in Arakan. The notorious Myanmar Army is currently launching an offensive military operation against the Arakan Army and against the civilians of Arakan, killing and wounding Arakanese people  every day and committing crimes against the humanity and committing war crimes by setting villages on fire, driving out villagers from their villages and looting belongings of villagers.

 

  

 

 

 

Myanmar soldiers beat Arakanese shrimp farmer unconscious

 

A convoy of 200 Myanmar troops marched to the Chitponma village under the Ann township in Arakan, western Myanmar, at about 16 hours on 13/11/2020. It is learned that they came in and harassed villagers by force of arms.

 

After a raid on every house in the village, a shrimp farmer was taken from his shrimp pond to the village hall. The poor shrimp farmer Kyaw Nu Maung, aged 48, was tied to a pole of Village Hall with a rope. Then he was knocked unconscious by soldiers of Myanmar Army, leaving him alone in the hall. The poor shrimp famer was later found abandoned and unconscious by villagers who were taking him as soon as possible to nearby medical central.

 

When Myanmar troops were about to leave the village, an abbot monk from the village monastery requested them to return back the telephones and currencies of villagers seized by Myanmar soldiers during raiding every house in the village. But only they returned back a few telephones and left the village and caused villagers to remain in resentment.  

Social worker Ko Myo from Ann township confirmed about the persecution of Myanmar soldiers when Narinjara News – Arakan main media− contacted  him on phone.

 

It is for majority Burman race

A constitution drafted by Myanmar military and unilateral manner by Myanmar regime does not allow Arakanese people to enjoy equal rights and self-determination. The reason why it is that Myanmar has intention to maintain its rule in Arakan.

 

Therefore, without caring international laws, Myanmar or Burma has launched an offensive military operation against the Arakan Army and against the people of Arakan, killing and wounding civilians of Arakan every day.

 

Even if during the period of holding election in its inside, Myanmar  does not stop killing and wounding  people of Arakan. Besides, Myanmar military is looting rice and foods from the villages and from Internally Displaced Persons ‘camps. Homes in villages are also being set on fire by Myanmar military. As worst as entire villagers from village are hijacked and abducted by Myanmar military when soldiers desert their Army, questioning and persecuting villagers to know whereabouts of their soldiers. Until this moment, most of villagers still are in the hand of hijacker Myanmar military without knowing situation of them.

 

Just two days ago, Six villagers, including two children, were injured in the firing of artillery shelling over Shaukkon village under  Ann township in Arakan by Myanmar military while Myanmar held so-called election. According to report, The villagers went on hiding underground since the morning hours. One artillery shell fell on a monastery and another inside the village,” said Maung Cherry, a writer based in Kandaunggyi town.

 

Narinjara News ─ Arakan main media – reports that earlier, on 8 September  last,  three artillery shells exploded at Nyaung Kan village in the same area that killed five persons including a schoolteacher along with her seven years old daughter. Another 7 years old child died, where ten other individuals sustained injuries and they were taken to the hospital.

 

Under the Myanmar rule, no right to form a regional government for Arakan even though Arakan political party that won the election landslide in Arakan. Centralizing power of politic, so-called union government of Myanmar or so-called constitutional president appoints its confidants as ministers to form a government in Arakan. The elected representatives from constituencies are

just to sit on chairs in parliament . Myanmar political system is basically with features of majority. But what is for minorities?. The scheme of distribution of powers has not clear demarcation of legislative , executive and financial powers between Union and states. The entire administration of the state concerned is assumed by the union because so-called union has the power to give directions to the states in every matter.

Therefore, it is not wonderful that Myanmar democracy and election is in question and it is just for majority Burman race.

Donning Mask of Election, Myanmar still oppressing Non- Burma Races

 

The election in Burma in this weekend means nothing, especially for other ethnic groups, including the Rakhine, with no significant consequences. The current government, in 2010, joined the military to continue its politics and participated in the election, accepted the military-drafted constitution, and brutally persecuted and killed ethnic nationalities.

This time, during the election campaign, the Burmese military-backed party and the ruling party competed on the stage, but hugged and kissed the back of the stage and made non-Burmese ethnic groups crazy. The ethnic groups are right subjected about the plot between two major Burmese parties and the Burmese military

In addition, constituencies in Shan and Rakhine State have been canceled for security reasons and before the election result, they are right now celebrating for winning of those constituencies in Arakan and Shan State because those vacant places will be treated and ruled whatever they want by Myanmar.

The next government and next coming Burmese governments will not be able to build a genuine federal union in the elections that will be based on a military-drafted constitution.

Therefore, instead of holding elections based on the constitution drafted by the military, the current people's representatives and ethnic leaders need to convene a conference with international and UN assistance, and the people's leaders should draft a new constitution within three to six months.

Only then can elections be held in a free, fair and equitable manner to build genuine federal union. But this is too difficult  to do for non-Burma races  because of oppressive Burmese regime and Burmese military.

Myanmar Army still committing war crimes by killing civilians of Arakan

Local residents had already reported on September 8, 2020 that Myanmar army Light Infantry Division 66 from Ann township fired artillery shells into Nyaung Ken village in Maybom township in the morning and kill 5 civilians and wounded 9 more villagers, including 7 years old children, in Arakan, western Myanmar. After that Myanmar military is now again and again still committing war crimes, firing artillery shells into villages and boats in the river hired by ICRC.

In latest Thursday artillery firings  by Myanmar Military into two villages in Arakan resulted nine villagers, including three children,  injured. According to villagers, Myanmar Navy came with two vessels, one is big and another one is small, from which they fired into villages indiscriminately and shelled heavy artilleries five times.

According to reports, during the period of two year long war launc
hed by Myanmar Army against the Arakan Army of Arakanese people in Arakan, there are 309 civilians of Arakan dead and injured 684. And, due to Myanmar military's setting villages on fire and driving villagers out of villages, there are also 230,000 civilians of Arakan who become Internally Displaced Person without home and livelihood, staying at IDPs Camps

Myanmar Army is not only conducting its offensive military operation against the Arakan Army but also on civilians of Arakan without complying international laws therefore Thomas Andrews, the U.N’s special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, called for an immediate end to military assaults on Rakhine villages and decried the mounting toll of child casualties in the war in September.

Clarification of the true instance and situation about Paletwa area

The United League of Arakan/Arakan Army (ULA/AA) hand in hand with the Arakanese Peoples has robustly been facing the massive offensive assaults and attacks from all sides of the racial extremist, invading fascist, war criminal Myanmar Army for almost two years. The Myanmar Army has constantly been conducting the four-cut-campaign in the areas of Arakan and Paletwa even amid the spread of the Coronavirus pandemic second wave. The Myanmar Government has deliberately been covering up the atrocious human rights violations, crimes against humanity, and war crimes of its military by cutting off internet access in ten townships for over a year.

 

In addition, the Myanmar Army has not only severely restricted but also blocked off the flow of goods and traveling by land and waterways. The inhabitants know well such the heinous acts of the Myanmar Army since before the Coronavirus outbreak. Due to the disruption of the internet connection, there has been no harm to our organization except for the health, education, socio-economic, and hardship of all local innocent civilians amid the prevention and combating the spread of the Coronavirus pandemic.

 

The traveling by the land and waterways in the environs of Paletwa area have strictly been blocking off by the battalions based in Paletwa Township and Chin State, the battalions under the command of the 11th, 55th, and 77th Divisions. The checkpoints of these battalions have been installed along with the land and waterways where innocent civilians normally travel and severely restricted the flow of goods and travel. Moreover, the Myanmar Army has continuously been conducting cutting off and blocking off the transportation from the four-cut-campaign with together their military operation throughout the Paletwa Township. Therefore, road closure in the Paletwa area is nothing to do with us but it is because of the checkpoints of the Myanmar Army installing along with the land and waterways.

 

The so-called security checkpoints of the Myanmar Army have been charging exorbitant fees from the vehicles traveling on the land and waterways. Each of the trucks and boats is taxed from (50,000 kyats) to (200,000 kyats). Those seeking their daily livelihood are having to pay bribes at the gates of the Myanmar Army. As a result, consumers are having to buy the goods at higher prices than before because basic food items are being sold at higher prices than usual. For example, a bag of rice worth 20,000 kyats (current price) in Kyauktaw Town, Arakan costs up to 50,000 kyats in Paletwa Town. The difficulty of transportation and rising prices for the basic groceries are nothing to do with the Arakan Army but it is because of the checkpoints of the Myanmar Army controlling the flow of the goods and transportation ways along with the land and waterways.

 

In addition, the Myanmar Army has been forcing trucks and boats as porters without paying any money to transport its military equipment at those checkpoints. The innocent civilians are not allowed to travel safely and the Myanmar Army’s troops at those checkpoints have brazenly been committing thuggish acts such as occasionally firing the heavy and light weapons, killing, abducting, and torturing the innocent civilians, and unlawfully confiscating the goods.

 

The United League of Arakan/Arakan Army ineluctably has to summon and interrogate some suspects as needed to prevent enemy tactics and incursions during the battles. However, everyone knows that the faultless and innocent civilians were released after being interrogated in accordance with the Code of Conduct without torturing and killing.

 

On the other hand, some Chin Civil Society Organizations backed by veterans of the Myanmar Army and some so-called Chin social media outlets under the shadow of their influence and orders have been covering up the truths of Paletwa Township, misrepresenting the real situation on the ground and spreading one-sided accusations and propagandas, and intentionally misleading the public by misrepresenting information. It is a collaboration with the enemy to blame on our organization for war crimes committed by the Myanmar Army.

 

The news of the disappearance of some Paletwa residents is one of their propaganda allegations. We would like to make it clear and decisively deny that our organization has never detained any of the individuals involved in the allegations. Our organization is deeply concerned about the survival and fate of these missing persons. These are baseless allegations and only imaginative actions to decoy the other organization because they want to encourage the enemy from the other side.

 https://www.arakanarmy.net/post/clarification-of-the-true-instance-and-situation-about-paletwa-area

Such acts are often carried out by the terrorist group, invading fascist, Myanmar Army backed by the Myanmar Regime, which is the main body responsible for the detention and torture of local innocent ethnic civilians. It is respectfully clarified that the truth and justice will be obtained if the investigation is conducted with an impartial point of view and free from corruption.

 

United League of Arakan/Arakan Army (ULA/AA)