Rohingyas continue to be denied access to markets in Southern Buthidaung in what activists and international rights organisations allege is a blueprint devised to starve the minority community out of the country.
While in some areas, the Rohingyas cannot even come out of their homes to work, in others, the government backed forces are making it difficult for them to access the markets to sell their products. As a result, the Rohingyas are having trouble selling agricultural products, fish and wood, the three main goods produced by the impoverished community.
One fish trader from Wari Yong told our correspondent that his license was torn and he was assaulted by the BGP on Thursday in the market of Tha Pate and forced to pay a huge amount of ransom money for his release.
In a separate incident, a lumberjack was severely assaulted by drunken Buddhist terrorists in Yong Cong on Friday.
Altogether, it seems from various incidents that government backed forces are gradually forcing the Rohingyas out of market places in Southern Buthidaung.
Rohingya activists have long alleged that the government has adopted a systematic policy to starve the Muslim community out of Arakan, which includes preventing the Muslims from trading in market places. Last month Amnesty International published a report saying the government is intentionally starving the Rohingyas.
Despite a lull in violence, lack of access to food is forcing many Rohingyas especially in the Southern Buthidaung region to flee to Bangladesh.
