Maungdaw, Arakan State: Students of middle school in Maungdaw Township were forced to pave stones on Maungdaw-Bawli Bazaar road by Burma’s border security force (Nasaka) yesterday while on their way to school, said a local elder preferring not to be named.

Yesterday, seven students of class VI, VII and VIII of Kawar Bill middle school were going to school, at around 9:00 am but on the way they were halted by the Nasaka personnel of Aung Min Gala Nasaka camp of Maungdaw township. They were taken to Maungdaw-Bawli Bazaar road and forced to pave stones on the road after bringing it from nearby streams.

But, the students refused to pave the road with stones but Nasaka personnel forced then to work on the road. The students were beaten up severely by the Nasaka and compelled to work.

However, all the students were released from the work site after 4 pm.  The Maungdaw-Bawli Bazaar road was severely damaged by the flood, so the Nasaka are having difficulties in communicating. They want the road to be rebuilt immediately.  But, the Nasaka are not concerned about the suffering of the local people because of the recent floods.

On the other hand, yesterday, at around 1 am, a section of Nasaka personnel from Aung Min Gala Nasaka camp went to Maung Nama village to check the local village-sentry posts. There are two village-sentry posts with six villagers each. All the 12 sentry-men were arrested by the Nasaka because  they stopped them while they were approaching the sentry posts of the village, said a local businessman.

Earlier, they had also arrested the sentry men whether the villagers  stopped them or gave any signal while they were approaching the sentry post.

The sentry-men were deliberately arrested by the Nasaka and were brought to the camp where they were detained at night and forced to work at the camp till 4:30 pm without being given any food. They worked on the road, carrying water in the camp and cleaning the whole camp, said a local youth.

The sentry-men had to do sentry duty the whole night at their village  and also had to work in the Nasaka camp without any food till 4:30 pm in a gross human rights violation against the Rohingya community, while the villagers face many problems after the floods, said a local elder on condition of anonymity.

The Nasaka is committing human rights violations against the Rohingya community while the international community and other NGOs are trying to help the flood victims, the local elder added.

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