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ARBITRARY ARREST AND
EXTORTION BY NASAKA
Buthidaung, April 21: Nasaka (Border Security Force)
arrested a Rohingya man unlawfully and extorted money
on 27th March while he was visiting his relatives at
Buthidaung township
of
Maungdaw town, according to our correspondent.
On 25 March the victim Mostafa Kamal, 47, son of
Mohamed Meah of Nalbannya (Pandaw Pyin) village,
house of his relative Lal Meah at Atwin Nget Thay
village ( Kyar Zingyar Para ) in Buthidaung township
obtaining all required travel pass and documents,
including form (4) , he further added.
The following day, that is on 26 March, two Nasaka
personnel from
Nasaka area number (9), of
the village and arrested Mostafa Kamal from the house
of Lal Meah with an allegation that the visitor was a
Bangladeshi, without considering the fact that he had
with him all relevant documents acquired from Maungdaw
Township authorities.
On information, the Chairman and Secretary of the
Atwin Nget Thay village accompanied by Lal Meah (host)
went to the Nasaka camp and made a request for the
release of their genuine visitor. But the camp
in-charge was reported to have demanded an amount of
Kyat 200,000/- from them, the sources further added.
However, Mostafa Kamal was later released on 27 March
on payment of a ransom of Kyat 70,000/-. Thus an
elderly man of the village told our correspondent, “
the Nasaka’s action is totally unacceptable but we
have no alternative. What they are doing ‘might is
right’.
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