U Aung Than Oo, who was converted to administrator of the village from his former position as chairman of Alay Than Kyaw Village in Maungdaw Township, was fired suddenly by former home minister, Maung Oo, who planned the rally in the village.

"U Aung Than Oo was absent from the rally because he had not been invited nor given information about it. Because of this he thought the rally was not his concern, so he did not join it. Former home minister Maung Oo was angered with his absence and ordered the district authority to fire him for it," said a relative.

The district authority removed U Aung Than Oo from his position the day after the order came down from Maung Oo. Former home minister Maung Oo is now undertaking an organizing trip to Arakan State after he was appointed to be in charge of the state USDP.

"Former home minister Maung Oo arrived in Maungdaw on 10 May. Since then, he has been meeting with people in many villages in Maungdaw Township one after the other. On 13 May, he arrived at Alay Than Kyaw, where he fired a village administrator without any investigation about his absence at the rally," the source added.

The incident took place at the same time President Thein Sein's new government has been publicizing itself as building clean government in Burma.

"This behavior is military style. We can say the high authority still uses such tactics after this incident. If the high authority wants to fire a government servant, they should investigate the case about him. But the high authority fired him by sending down orders," he added.

It was learned that many villagers do not understand why their village administrator was fired suddenly from his job by the former home minister over such an ordinary issue as missing a rally.