April 4, 2017
Buthidaung- A village leader was murdered under mysterious circumstances leading to increased tensions in the restive village tract of Ta Mi.
Hamid Ullah, assistant administrator of Ta Mi was killed by unknown miscreants at around 1am on Saturday.
Since then soldiers have once again flooded the area causing increased tensions.
Ta Mi has experienced continuous raids since January with many arrested and tortured while scores including women were indiscriminately beaten up by security forces.
It is reported that the deceased man was also one of those who was beaten up by the military during a raid in January.
However, locals fear the mysterious death will be used as an excuse to further crackdown on civilians.
Reports are already appearing in Myanmar media that Hamid had told the media that he was concerned for his safety after providing Maungdaw District administrators with information about militant training camps in the area. Hamid was speaking to journalists on a tour organised by the Ministry of Information.
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