Myanmar
government authority in Sittwe evacuated ninety eight Hindu refugees from Bengali
Muslim dominated refugee camps to downtown Sittwe on Wednesday.
98 people from 18 Hindu families
were moved from their current shelter of Thae Chaung and Thak Kay Pron camps to
Sittwe city due to increased threats by Bengali Muslim extremists after many
reported rapes and attempted rapes and tortures committed by the Bengali
Muslims who are majority in the camp.
The transfer was carried out by
two military trucks and the Hindu refugees are now living in a Hindu temple
located on Mongbagree road.
An officer from Sittwe police
station No (1) who do not wish to disclose his identity told RMG that 6 Hindu
women including four teenage girls and two house wives were raped by Bengali
Muslims during their stay in Thae Chaung camp. "We had to live in a cow butchery. They
tried to feed us beef and theaten us with death if we don't convert to
Islam. Our kids had to stay inside for 24 hours to avoid beating and other kind
of harassment by the Bengali Muslims. The most horrible thing is that our
women are being raped one after another and those Bengali Muslim rapists became
more daring when the authority did not take any actions. We have to keep guards
for days and nights for the safety of our people there. Those periods are
really bad in our life.", a Hindu man shared about his experience in Thae
Chaung camp.
The
existence of Hindu people in the Bengali Muslim camp was first noticed by Ashin
Virathu, a prominent monk from Mandalay's famous Ma-Soe-Yin Buddhist institute.
The monk expressed his concerns about the condition and suffering of the Hindu
people in the wrong place. He also requested for the relocation of those people
to a suitable place in a statement issued on 20th July, 2012.
It is reported that Bengali
Muslims destroyed many Hindu temples during the riot. According to reliable
sources, more than 40 Hindus were beheaded and murdered by the Bengali Muslim
terrorists in Sittwe, Buthidaung and Maungdaw townships. However, those Hindu
victims are not included in the government's official death tolls of the
communal riot.
(Myanmar
Police in front of a Hindu temple which was burned down by Bangladeshi Muslim
immigrants)
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