Hundred of Muslims killed and Eight Mosques destroyed in Meiktilar, Mandalay, Central Burma

Source Mayu Press, 21 Mar

There is no stability of racism under the Act-144 imposed by the Burmese government authority. The Buddhist racists continued vandalizing Muslim's ancient Mosques and Religious school and also houses one after another. Muslim families are leaving and fleeing to avoid the life hazards from their respective own houses. The Buddhists had burnt down Mingalar Zayyu Hafiz School at midnight of 21 March 2013. According to eye-witness, Myo Oo Mosque was torched up by throwing diesel bottles and fire sticks. Muslims are under Act-144 whereas Buddhist racists are moving crowdedly with heavy iron rods, swords, sharpens knife and diesel bottles by motorcycles and three-wheel autos.

Name of Mosques burnt down and destroyed by Buddhist racists:

1. Nyeinn Gyann Yaye Mosque (Peace Mosque)
2. North Pye Thaya Mosque
3. Thiyi Mingalar Mosque
4. Mingalar Zayyu Mosque and Hafiz School
5. Myo Oo Mosque
6. Pakistan Mosque
7. Hman Lon Mosque (Glass enclosed Mosque)
8. Western Market Zamay Mosque

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The Buddhist mobs killed 28 religious students and 4 teachers in Hamayatul Islam Religious Arabic School (Maddarasa) of Mingalar Zayyu village under Meiktilar Township at about 6.30 AM, 21^st March 2013.

Among the burnt down houses and buildings, Maddarasa Hamayatul Islam was the biggest one in Mingalar Zayyu village. The Buddhist extremists were entire night feeling free to mass kill, and attack Muslims and torch up houses with the Marshal Law Act-144 not to out but there is no barrier and attachment for Buddhist racists by security personnel and Army. At the night of 3 AM, a Buddhist merciful family situated near the Religious School had called and brought all the Muslim religious teachers and students to his house for the life safety. The Muslim religious school burnt into ashes around 4 AM by the racists.

At the morning 6 AM, Buddhist extremists group surrounded the house of Buddhist where Muslim students and teachers were sleeping with fear and tiredness. They asked the house owner to get out all the Muslims and shouted with iron arrows, swords, knife, iron rods, long bamboo and wood sticks. The Buddhist kind-hearted family requested them not to attack those Muslims as most of them are orphans and parentless came from far distances to acquire religious education and nothing else. The terrorists torched up the Buddhist house to come out all the Muslim students and teachers.

The Buddhist mobs brutally hit with their handed dangerous instruments till to death 28 students and 4 teachers in front of Army, Police and Hlun Tin (Riot police).

List of teachers killed by Buddhist mobs:

1. Maulana Mohammad Shafi,45,
2. Maulana Zakaria,40,
3. Mufti Wazib,30, and another one

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The Beginning of attacks against Muslims in Meiktilar, Mandalay

Source Mayu Press, 20 Mar

A Buddhist old woman accompanied with two young ladies came to Jewellery Shop of Haji U Tun Aye located at the eastern of Meitkilar Myoma Market to sell an imitated gold ornament (not first class gold) around 11 AM, 20 Mach 2013. The shop owner had checked the class of gold by testing then replied it was not a number one gold type. The Buddhist woman bargained and shouted to pay the sale rate of number one gold although it is not worthy to be class one. She called up a crowded Buddhist racists group accused that the shop owner destroyed her gold. It was preplanned to create communal riot by Buddhist to Muslims.

About 200 Buddhist extremists attacked and destroyed his shop into pieces including another five Muslim Shops. The security personnel detained the shop owner in the custody.

Some Buddhist racists jointly Monks from Pagodas had spread fake news as Muslim attacked Buddhists in the market which stimulated all the Buddhists to kill and hit Muslims too much. They burnt down three Mosques having a big one named as Dahehten and also torched up so many Muslim houses. Muslims frightened and left homes to safe lives.

The Buddhist extremists killed Muslims but exact quantity is not known yet. The wounded Muslims are not allowed to admit in the Hospital and clinic. The authority imposed Act-144 at the time of 09 PM in Meiktilar, Mandalay.

Three Rohingya killed in Minbya, Arakan

Source Mayu Press, 17 Mar

 

The Burmese authority had imposed curfew only to Rohingya not to move one place to another since June 2012 racial violence in Arakan state. It causes Rohingya facing difficulties with hygienic foods, proper treatments, and necessary house hold materials and so on.

Amongst the suffering people shortage with daily survival food stuffs, three Rohingya men from Sinn Gyi Pyan helmet of Barbutaung village, Minbya Township leaved with engine boat to buy foods for the own villagers towards Letmagye , Nagaya Village on Thursday, 14 March 2013.

Those three Rohingya were brutally killed on their water way by the Rakhine extremists. The dead bodies were found near Maroung Bwe Chaung Bridge of Bu Talonk village under the track of Mauk Oo on 16 March 2013.

There were also some security personnel based in Myauk Oo Ka-ma-ya (380) when the dead bodies picking up from the water to the land. They got the dead bodies with many injures and wounds of knife cuttings to necks, ears, noses and also sex organs.

The name of Rohingya killed by Rakhine extremists are:

1. Mohammad Ullah,38, s/o Amin Ullah
2. Manzur Alam,37, s/o Noor Alam
3. Mohammed Ayub,20, s/o Rashid

BRCA Delegates Attended Burma Forum in ANU and RNDP General Secretary Said He Sympathize Rohingya Muslims

Source Mayu Press, 17 Mar

 

BRCA delegates together with special guest Mr. Htay Lwin Oo, Rakhine and Rohingya history researcher from USA and U Maung Ba from Singapore attended to the forum "Debating Democratisation in Myanmar/Burma" held on Australian National University (ANU) in Canberra, Australia in 15-16 March 2013.

BRCA contacted to ANU a day prior to the forum and raised the concern over RNDP party participation in the forum and informed that BRCA delegates would be joining to the forum. Upon arrival to ANU forum, ANU gave a chance to BRCA to present our statement in the forum to audience for three minutes.

BRCA Delegates Team In front of "Exiled To Nowhere; Burma's Rohingya" Photo Exhibition

The forum had discussion of different topics and aspects such as Political & Economic, Democratisation in big picture, Lunch of "Exiled to Nowhere: Burma's Rohingya" and Ethnic politics in transition etc. On second day (16.03.2013), U Oo Hla Saw from extremist Rakhine National Democrtic Party (RNDP) gave speech on how Rakhine state has numerous natural resources and Rakhines had their own dynasty in the history and now it is all controlled by central government and Rakhines people do not get any benefit from it etc. In his last speech, he focused on Rohingyas and said that "there were small Muslim community in Rakhine state in last dynasty and majority of Muslim population arrived during British colonial time were Chittagonian Bengalis. Rohingyas are the descendent of those Bengalis and Rohingya term is appeared after 1950s and whole Rakhine community initially supported to President Thein Sein's words to deport Rohingya people to a third country." However in his last speech, he clearly mentioned that Rakhines people like Rohingyas to get citizenship, move freely and settle down anywhere in Myanmar. It is noticeable point that he used Chittagonian Bengalis term to explain the initial history but used Rohingya Muslim term in the following speech.

After U Oo Hla Saw finished his speech, Mr. Htay Lwin Oo was invited to give speech for three minutes on behalf of Burmese Rohingya Community in Australia (BRCA). Mr. Htay Lwin Oo explained to the audience that Rohingyas are the native of Rakhine state by showing the ancient stone script, the evidence before and after colonial time and the family censorship evidence etc. Some of the points made during his speech are "At the beginning of British colonial time, Rohingyas were one third of the population which was 30000 and with high birth rate as the Burmese government mentioned, it should be in millions. I am also a Rakhine ethnic but a Rakhine muslim. Rakhine leaders are lack of historical knowledge and giving wrong information to the public, media and international communities. When I challenged to Rakhine historian Dr. Aye Chan in a conference in Thailand organized by Rakhines, he had to accept finally Rohingya term existence and but tried to deceive the audience by saying Rohingya name was used for Rakhines. When asked to Dr. Aye Chan whether he is a Mohameddan (Muslim), he could not answer." During his speech, Mr. Htay Lwin Oo also requested to audience to take the copies of historical evidences of Rohingya existence and BRCA distributed it everyone in the room.

After Mr.Htay Lwin Oo speech, the questions and answers program was started and from BRCA, Mr. Mohammed Anwar (President), Mr. Tin Maung, Mr. Maung Hla, Dr. Hla Myint and Mr. Thein Moe Win (Burmese Muslim) asked various questions in regard to Rohingya existence in Burma throughout history, violence committed by Rakhine extremists, police forces and security forces etc. and who is responsible for violence against Rohingyas and what RNDP did to prevent the violence against Rohingyas if RNDP respect human rights and sympathize Rohingyas etc.

U Oo Hla Saw answered that the current Rakhine conflict issue is very complicated and RNDP do not have any power in Rakhine state and therefore Central Government is responsible for all the chaos, committed crimes and creating conflicts between Rohingyas and Rakhines. He also mentioned that he respect and sympathize all Muslims including Rohingya Muslims and do not like any oppression against these people.

It is quite remarkable that U Oo Hla Saw only used the term Rohingya and Rohingya muslims during his answers in front of all Burmese and international communities. He also did mentioned that Rakhines want to live peacefully with Rohingyas Muslims.

After the questions and answers section finished, BRCA delegates team took a picture together with U Oo Hla Saw as per above photo to send the message to everyone that Rohingyas and Rakhines can live together peacefully again as before in Rakhine state.

After the forum section, Rohingya delegates visited to the photo exhibition "Exile to Nowhere: Burma's Rohingya

It is reported that there were around 150 audiences in the forum.

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Villagers decry 'slaughter' of Rohingya as Thai PM vows inquiry

Source South China Morning Post, 14 Mar

 

Fishermen say they saw up to 20 bodies floating in the water, near where Rohingya refugees claim the military opened fire on their group

The fresh grave where a Rohingya victim is said to be buried

 

A volunteer for the Red Cross Rescue Service recovers one of two bloated bodies found in an area near Phuket on February 26 and 27. Photos: SCMP Pictures

More damning evidence has emerged of what villagers describe as the "slaughter" of Rohingya refugees by members of the Thai military near the holiday island of Phuket, with Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra pledging to investigate the incident.

A fisherman said he and others saw 15 to 20 corpses floating off the coast close to Hinlad village, near the port of Kuraburi, where four Rohingya survivors and villagers say shootings took place on February 22.

The four survivors, who were among about 130 boat people who arrived in the area from Myanmar on February 21, said last week that the shooting occurred as members of the Thai military tried to separate the refugees between two boats.

Some Rohingya refused. When the troops fired a warning shot, about 20 jumped overboard. The troops then opened fire on those in the water, survivors and villagers claimed.

"I saw three bodies, one of the bodies was a woman," fisherman Yutdana Sangtong said yesterday. "But my friends on the other side of the bay said they saw about 15 to 20 bodies all together."

I saw three bodies, one of the bodies was a woman,. But my friends on the other side of the bay said they saw about 15 to 20 bodies all together

Sangtong said a friend described the bodies as being in a decomposed state. He believes the currents have since carried the dead out to sea.

Red Cross Rescue Service leader Manat Aree said that he recovered two bloated bodies from the area on February 26 and 27, after being told their location by fishermen.

The South China Morning Post saw photographs of the two male corpses, one of which clearly bore a wound to the head.

"We would have liked to fetch the other bodies but we could not because we had no money for fuel for our boat," Manat said.

The bodies were taken to Kuraburi hospital, then reclaimed by villagers for a swift burial according to Muslim custom. Villagers showed the graves to reporters.

Hinlad's deputy chief Aduwat Ahamad works in a paramilitary role for Thailand's Internal Security Operations Command, which oversees border security and has been linked to previous mistreatment of the Rohingya.

"In the past, we closed one eye to the people-trafficking that has been going on in secret all along the coast. But I cannot stay silent with the deaths of innocent Muslims. My heart is broken by this slaughter," he said.

Aduwat was among eight villagers who support the account of the incident provided by the four Rohingya who made it to shore. They said a military patrol boat arrived on the scene soon after the refugee boat arrived and towed the Rohingya vessel. The next morning, villagers reported hearing gunfire.

A video shot by locals shows the Rohingya boat under tow by a patrol boat with the hull designation 214.

The four survivors disappeared at the weekend from the village where they were being sheltered. They have since telephoned their former protectors in Hinlad to say they are safe and in Malaysia.

The village imam, Alit Damchor, said many Rohingya had come ashore around the Kuraburi district because word had spread that people there were tolerant and generous. Hinlad and other villages nearby are predominantly Muslim.

"Our direction and the government's direction are totally different," Alit said. "Our concept of how to treat the Rohingya is also very different."

The Thai navy has denied reports of the February 22 incident, without elaborating. However, on Monday night Yingluck pledged to investigate.

"Our government has a policy to take care of the Rohingya on humanitarian grounds, so they won't be pushed back," she said. "We will investigate this."

In a statement issued yesterday, US-based Human Rights Watch said the Thai navy had shot at the Rohingya and caused at least two deaths. The group called for an immediate government investigation.

"Rohingya fleeing Burma should be given protection, not shot at," said Brad Adams, the group's Asia director. "The Thai government should urgently investigate why sailors opened fire on boat people helpless in the sea, and prosecute all those found responsible."

The rights group also called on Thai authorities to reveal the whereabouts of the remaining 100-plus Rohingya, who it said were last seen in navy custody.

Thai authorities have adopted a policy of "helping on" Rohingya boats which are apprehended in Thai waters, providing them with fuel, food and water on condition they do not land in Thailand. Thai security forces also co-ordinated a secret policy of towing the Rohingya out to sea in unpowered boats and casting them adrift.

Hundreds died in 2008 and 2009 before the policy was exposed and repudiated.

This article first appeared in the South China Morning Post print edition on Mar 14, 2013 as Villagers decry 'slaughter' as Thai PM vows inquiry

200 Rohingya refugees picked up in Malaysian waters

Source NST, 12 Mar

 

ALOR STAR: About 200 Myanmar nationals, believed to be Rohingya refugees, were forced to swim for about 1km when they entered the country through Pantai Kuala Jerlun near here this morning.

The foreigners, who had arrived at the Malacca Straits on a fishermen boat, had swam through muds before they arrived at the shore at about 7am.

The foreigners, including women and children, were picked up by some 50 enforcement personnel comprising officers from the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency, Immigration Department and the police.

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126 famished Rohingya refugees rescued from leaky boat

Source nst, 10 Mar

GEORGE TOWN: One hundred and twenty-six Rohingya refugees were found famished by local fishermen, as their cargo boat was on the verge of sinking at 2.5 nautical miles from Muka Head, Teluk Bahang here yesterday.

The refugees, comprising 51 men, 35 women and 40 children, had spent 25 days sailing from Myanmar to Malaysia.

Following a report lodged by the fishermen about 2pm, the Rohingyas were rescued by the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA).

MMEA (Northern Region) enforcement chief First Admiral Tan Kok Kwee said, at the time of rescue, the refugees, aged between two months and 50, were found cramped in their boat.

"The Rohingyas looked tired and famished because food supply had run out, three days earlier, and they had to make do with just sea water.

"The MMEA found a leak in the boat and mobilised a maritime ship, KM Nyireh, to rescue the refugees and tow their boat.

Investigations are underway to determine who had brought them in," he told reporters here today.

He said the Rohingyas were taken to the Limbungan Batu Maung Jetty about 10.30am and given food, as well as health check-ups.

The refugees are now held at the Penang MMEA headquarters in Jalan Sri Bahari, pending a remand order. - BERNAMA

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Longtime refugees may get citizenship

Source Arab news,  10 Mar

 

Makkah Gov. Prince Khaled Al-Faisal yesterday indicated that Saudi Arabia may give citizenship to refugees who have been living in the Kingdom for several years as part of government's efforts to correct their residency situation.
Addressing a forum for developing disorganized residential districts in the Makkah region, Prince Khaled said the project would focus mainly on people living in these districts, especially foreign refugees like the Burmese.

"We have agreed with the Labor Ministry to create jobs for them. We also told big companies implementing projects in the region to make use of these residents… and one day they become good citizens," the governor said.
"This is the vision of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah and this is the king's program to correct the situation of these people and this is a commitment from this state and they have a right on this country to take care of them," he explained.

 The Labor Ministry announced recently it would consider employment of four Burmese, Turkistanis and Palestinians equal to one foreigner, encouraging private companies to employ these refugees who are readily available in the country, instead of recruiting foreign workers.
"The problem of disorganized districts is not limited to Makkah or Saudi Arabia. This is an international problem. Disorganized districts could be found in major cities of the world," he said while opening the forum organized by Umm Al-Qura University in Makkah.

 He said the problem was created in Makkah after thousands of pilgrims who had come to the city for Haj and Umrah in the past stayed in the country even after the expiry of their visas. There are others who had run away from their countries because of religious oppression.
He emphasized the need for providing iqamas to refugees living in disorganized districts of Makkah and other cities of the region to change their status in the beginning, and provide them with jobs. "We should also give them education and training before making plans for the reconstruction of these districts," he added.

 Prince Khaled said the government's main concern is not removal of old buildings in these districts or construction of new roads but to improve the living condition of people living in these areas.
He said the individuals and families living in those districts would be given alternative housing facilities before demolishing their old houses. The two-day forum is being held on the university's campus in Abidiya, Makkah.

 

 

Rohingya Crises Update

 

source ndphr,

Arson attacks continue in Maungdaw town

 

As a result of the government contributes additional oppressions and has not yet installed Law & Order for Rakhine people and , the various vigilant attacks are taking place across all over Arakan state.  

 

8 Mar (ARU media): During curfew period around mid-night 12:30am, some Rakhines with the help of Myanmar security forces (Hlun Tin and Police) entered Rohingya village of Myo Ma Kayein Dan (back and south of Maungdaw High School) and six houses were set fire . The effected victim are identified as;

(1) Mohammed Siddik   s/o  Abdul Karim
(2) Abul Hashim   s/o   Abu Bakkar  
(3) Musaali  s/o Sayed  Mohammed
(4) Mohammed Jalil  s/o Abdu Shukkur
(5) Noor Boshor s/o Abdu Sobot, and
(6) Shofi Ullah.     
 

 

2 Mar (Md Husein Ali): On 1st March 2013 night, a Rohingya, Sayed Ullah-35 s/o Mohd Siddik who was guarding the betel-leaf farm at the mountain side of Oo Daung Village was beaten to death by Rakhine gang at about 9:30pm. Despite a few Rohingya villagers near by the paddy farm heard screams, they were unable to save the victim from large group of Rakhine. Following morning on 2 March at about (7.00am) the victim was found dead.
 

 

While homeless Rohingya victims are not allowed to relocate on their lands, the authorities are planning to locate Rakhine people on the Rohingya people' lands by constructing new houses. From early Febuary 2013, the project has been under scope and  an Arakan state lawmaker from Sittwe U Aung Mra Kyaw said the project of 669 homes for homeless Buddhist refugees is being implemented at Sat Ro Kya Creek area which is former place of Nazi village situated along the creek.

 

Even in central Burma, destructions and threats have been taken place in Hlaing Tharyar, South Dagon, Tharkaytha townships and various anti-muslim propaganda are widely going on.

  

Thai Military Opened Fire and Killed Rohingya North of Phuket, Say Boatpeople, Villagers

Source Phuketwan, 6 Mar

PHUKET: Thai security forces opened fire on defenceless Rohingya boatpeople north of Phuket, killing at least two and as many as 15, according to detailed accounts by three survivors and Thai villagers who are sheltering them.

The killings, which are said to have occurred on February 22, came during a botched attempt by the military to transfer about 20 would-be refugees from the large boat on which they arrived from Burma (Myanmar) with 110 others, to a much smaller vessel.

When some feared they would be separated from family members, they jumped in the water and the military men opened fire during the predawn incident, the witnesses said.

Survivors Habumara, 20, Rerfik, 25, and Jamar, 16, said yesterday that they swam for their lives when the shooting broke out. They are currently being sheltered by sympathetic villagers.

Two fresh graves, said to contain Rohingya, were seen by a Phuketwan reporter and an Australian news television crew yesterday.

The three survivors said they believed that the killers were members of the Thai Navy, but village residents said they probably belonged to another branch of the Thai military.

Previous abuses of the Muslim Rohingya have been carried out by other arms of the Thai military or operatives trained as paramilitaries.

Vice Admiral Tharathorn Khajitsuwan, the Commander of Thai Navy Three, which patrols the Andaman coast, declined to comment.

One Rohingya, Rerfik, said that their boat, which had run out of fuel on its journey from Burma, was intercepted by local Thai fishermen on February 21.

The fishermen helped them ashore at a beach on Surin island, a popular destination for international tourists on dive boat and snorkelling excursions.

''Other local people brought us food and water,'' Rerfik said. A meal was provided on the beach for the exhausted boatpeople.

At 6.30pm that day, a military boat arrived at the beach. A video shot by villagers shows the Rohingya craft being towed close to shore by a vessel with the hull designation TOR214, which is listed as a Thai Navy fast patrol boat.

''The villagers told us not to worry, we were told that they were just going to transfer us safely to the mainland,'' Rerfik said.

But the next morning, the military decided to transfer 20 of the Rohingya to the smaller vessel nearby offshore, and the shooting broke out.

''There was a shot fired into the air when we decided not to move,'' Refrik said. ''And so we jumped. That's when they opened fire on us, in the water.''

''We all heard the gunshots,'' a fisherman told a local woman who had been waiting by the pier for the Rohingya boat to be brought to shore.

''A little bit later, Rerfik was pulled from the water. During the day, the others were found and rescued.''

Two bodies were also pulled from the water and buried, with fishermen telling villagers they had seen more bodies in the water. As many as 15 people may have died, the fishermen told the villagers.

The residents of the village north of Phuket are now sheltering four survivors, as well as another Rohingya who arrived on an earlier boat.

Soldiers descended on the village and searched the area for two days after the incident, but the survivors were kept hidden.

The fate of the other 100-plus Rohingya is not known, after they were towed away by the military vessel.

The Thai military has previously been accused of cooperating with people traffickers by handing over boatpeople who are then smuggled to Malaysia for a large fee or sold as bonded laborers.

Habumara said: ''Most of us were hoping to reach Malaysia but my aim is to go on from there to Australia. We are not sure what will happen to us now.''

Thailand has been swamped this October-April ''sailing season'' by Rohingya, who are fleeing persecution and deprivation in their native Burma and border areas in Bangladesh.

Thousands have set sail to escape a recent outbreak of violence targeting their communities.

In 2009, the Thai military was revealed to have secretly adopted a policy of towing Rohingya out to sea in powerless boats and casting them adrift. Hundreds died as a result. The policy was quickly abandoned by then prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva.

Since 2009, the Thai military has adopted a ''help on'' policy. Rohingya boats are intercepted at sea and supplied with food, water and fuel, on condition that they do not come ashore in Thailand.

Persecution of the Rohingya in Burma has grown with renewed violence since June, forcing thousands of people to flee by sea - and including women and children for the first time this October-to-April ''sailing season.''

As a result, Thailand has been swamped with record numbers of Rohingya. The arrival of women and children in boats - first reported by Phuketwan on January 1 this year - led to Rohingya being brought ashore through January and raids on secret Thai-Malaysia people-traffickers' camps, where more women and children were discovered.

Detention centres and refuges throughout Thailand are now crowded with 1700 Rohingya whose status and fate is being decided by the Thai government, with advice coming from NGOs, between now and July.

Video Recorded by Villagers North of Phuket

A military vessel connects with a Rohingya boat

Would-be refugees on a beach at Surin island

A version of this article appears in Thursday's edition of the South China Morning Post newspaper in Hong Kong.

Burma Government made Model Village lands of Rohingya

Source Bangaltimes, 6 Mar

 

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By Mohamed Ibrahim

To implement its Human Barrier policy the government of Burma has taken a plan to establish Model Villages to populate the Rohingya majority areas of Arakan by the Rakhaine and Buddhists people. Model villages have been established in the confiscated lands of the Rohingya communities. The government has replaced Rohingya Holy places, historical monuments and relics by building monasteries, pagodas and other Buddhist structures.

Under the border area development program the junta has provided each of Rohingya lands for cultivation, 0.2 acres of land for housing. They distributed each of the new settler families with kyat 40,000 as lump sum monetary help, Kg 40 per head free of cost per month, one pair of bullocks and one bullock cart. Each of such model villages has been provided fifteen 5 Hp Honda Tractors.

The Thein Sein has a policy of relocation Burmans or Rakhine Families into new Model Villages comprising the land that have been seized from the Rohingyas. There are 50 such model villages in Rohingya Township with 200 families in each.

The settlers of these so-called model villages are Nasaka members and their families, former insurgents. Non Rohingyas and people from plain localities. Thus the Rohingyas become landless, shelterless with no means of livelihood. They ultimately end up by taking refuge in Bangladesh and other country as well.

Source, the plight of the Stateless Rohingyas.