Police threaten IDPs in connection with the UN visit

Occurred in Myanmar on Sept. 15, 2016 at 3:45 p.m.
Reported by nay mg via Internet on Sept. 16, 2016 at 10:35 a.m.
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The police guarding the San Hto Tan internally displaced camp of Minbya Town accused the Muslims living there of having connection with foreigners after a group of international staff members of the United Nations visited the camp, without informing the local authorities. The UN team comprising four international staff members and a Myanmar translator arrived to the camp on 29 September morning. According to a local resident, the team comprising officials from the UN Refugees Agency UNHCR, UN Children Fund UNICEF and the Office of UN Humanitarian Coordination (UNOCHA) visited the camp to find out on the living conditions as well as on health and education conditions. “After the UN team left a group of police led by Police Lieutenant Kyaw Zaw Win, who are based in nearby village Cheit Taung came to our camp. They used abusive words and accused that we have contacts with foreigners. They threaten us that they would take severe actions if similar event happen next time,” the local resident said. He said the villagers did not report this time to the authorities as the team came with the boat, normally the UN team come by road passing through the police checkpoint before reaching to the camp. “We were not told that it was compulsory to report to the police on visit to the camp by foreigners, now they have cursed at the school teacher who live in the house where the boat stop, also cursed at the head of 10 households”. In another incident, the police imposed fine on owner of cattle for keeping the animals on the village road. There is only one fence dividing San Hto Tan village and a Rakhine village. At the northern side of the village, there is a creek, which can be used to travel to Minbya. At the eastern side, there is another creek, which can be used to travel to Cheit Taung, a Rakhine village. And on the western side, there is vacant land, which was previously designated as wasteland now Rakhine are using it for farming by reclassifying as religious land. According to local resident, the cattle are placed in the village previously, but in a recent incident the police seized the cattle and called their owner and each was charged Kyat 10 000 fine. Reference: Source of BHRN
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