Arakan News Agency
Scores of Rohingyas, including at least 15 women have been arrested from Sain Dee Prang in Buthidaung as Tatmadaw officials declared that they would be starting ‘clearance operations’, and allegedly Rohingya men and women in the village were taking militant training.
The first round of arrests occurred on the morning hours , according to local correspondents.
Locals added that the military packed Rohingya men like ‘cattle’ in two huge trucks and took them to the local camp where they will face brutal tortures.
And said around 15 to 20 women were also arrested as they were also taking ‘militant training’. The women have not been taken to the local camp where the men are facing torture, but to another undisclosed location.
Thousands of locals have fled their homes as the army continued operations in the village which has more than 6000 inhabitants.
Activists have long alleged that many arrested by the Tatmadaw face brutal torture which includes beating mercilessly with the intention of making the prisoner permanently disabled and other medival torture techniques. Many have died from torture, especially since the riots of 2012.
There are also allegations that many women, especially those arrested during the recent Northern Maungdaw operations are serving as sex slaves for the Tatmadaw.
As a result of the intensity of the operations, many are thinking of going into the wilderness to escape arrest, torture and possible death.
Source : Myanmar Observer
