April 18, 2017
Maungdaw- Tatmadaw once again entered the restive village tract of Bali Bazar in Maungdaw North on Sunday and charged at the Rohingyas causing terror in the area.
Bali Bazar was also one of the villages targeted during the clearance operation and naturally the sight of Tatmadaw personal send panic waves across the entire neighbourhood casuing everyone to flee. Also the military men, numbering almost a hundred advanced aggressively and rapidly sending the impression they were ‘going in for the kill’.
However the army then announced over loudspeaker that those who have fled in response to the army advance were affiliated with the terrorists, as innocent people would have reacted differently as they had nothing to fear from the army. So everyone who had fled in sight of the Tatmadaw would be caught and dealt with accordingly.
This has caused consternation among locals as everyone but the collaborators had fled the advancing army.
Our correspondent says that during the clearance operation, the army did not distinguish between men, women and children in Bali Bazar and shot indiscriminately at everyone. Video clips showing terrified women and children fleeing Bali Bazar as army forces advanced went viral on the social media in October 2016.
Tatamadaw officers also held a long meeting with the collaborators. The subject of the meeting is not known to our correspondent.
They also announced over loudspeaker that every inhabitant’s name will be checked in the family list.
