Rohingya fishing boat attacked by Rakhine pirates and Nasaka fined the victims

QS Madani

RB News 

February 8, 2013 

Maungdaw: On February 3, in Tha Win Chaung (Bassara) village, Southern Maungdaw Township, a Rohingya fishing boat in the coastal water was attacked by a ship of Rakhine pirates and smugglers coming from Taunggup Township going to Bangladesh. They attacked the rickety boat where six Rohingyas were fishing with fishing net. They sank the boat and killed there fishermen out of six. The rest three could escape by jumping into the water but were half-dead. 

The three dead are: 

(1) Shab Miah s/o Ali Ahmed (26 years old) 

(2) Nur Islam s/o Fazal Ahmed (28 years old) 

(3) Sirazul Haque s/o Kasim (23 years old) 

The alive three are: 

(1) Nur Husin s/o Fedan Ali (50 years old) 

(2) Zahid Husin s/o Ali Ahmed (30 years old) 

(3) Hashim Ullah s/o Habi (27 years old) 

All the victims are from Tha Win Chaung (Bassara) village. When the incident was reported to the Nasaka camp of Bassara, the Nasaka told, “What’s wrong if Kalar were killed? It is pleasure to hear.” and fined them money instead. 

Desperate Future of Kyauktaw 

Kyauktaw: Extremist Rakhines keep trying to terrorize the downtrodden Rohingyas furtively. On February 3, at 11pm, many Rakhines from both Paik Thay village tract and Taung Boun village tract, Kyauktaw Township have gathered in the railway which lies near the Zaillafara village tract for attacking Rohingyas afresh. Fortunately, they couldn’t implement their plan as Rohingya community leaders had alerted the Muslims to possible attacks. Being desperate of a secure future there, people from Kyauktaw flee incessantly as the Rakhines tries to attack afresh from time to time. As a result, on February 4, about 250 Rohingyas have left Kyauktaw for an uncertain destination. Let’s see whether they will mortgage their lives to the waves of Bay of Bengal to escape Buddhist aggressions or destiny will lead them to the better.