May 24, 2017
Rajar Bil (Rathedaung)- The village chairman of Rajar Bil and two of his companions was brutally assaulted by a gang of Ma Ba Tha men in the local market on Sunday.
Md Amin and two of his cohorts had gone to the market when he was suddenly attacked by a local Ma Ba Tha gang.
The chairman of the village is generally known to be loyal to regime forces and the attacks come as a surprise to local Rohingyas.
A tense atmosphere is prevailing in the area as locals say if a pro government Rohingya is attacked like this, one can only imagine the fears of the general populace.
Politicians linked to the Rakhine nationalist outfit ANP had earlier said they will bar Rohingyas from going to the market places.
Activists have long said that Rohingya fishermen and loggers have been blocked from going to the hills and forests in what is a systematic strategy to starve them out. Now the barring of Rohingyas from the marketplace seems to be another step in creating artificial starvation as without access to the markets, the locals are deprived of basic amnesties including food and medicine.
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