Nay Pyi Taw May 25
The report “Attacks by the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) on Hindus in Northern Rakhine State”released by Amnesty International on 23 May 2018 said that ARSA extremist Bengali terrorist group launched synchronized attacks on about 30 security posts in northern Rakhine State on 25 August 2017 after taking time in making preparations in advance; that the terrorist attacks occurred only a few hours after the release of the final report on Rakhine region by the Advisory Commission on Rakhine State led by former UN chief Kofi Annan; that a large number of Bengali villagers organized by the ARSA took part in the terrorist attacks together with the ARSA; that it is learnt that when Myanmar security forces responded to the terrorist attacks there occurred some human rights violations including extrajudicial killings, rape, sexual violence and intimidation; that about 693,000 Bengalis fled to Bangladesh for that response; that there were also human rights violations when Myanmar military responded to the ARSA’s attacks against police outposts in October 2016; and that founded in 2012, the ARSA organized thousands of people and armed them with small arms and hand-made bombs.
The report also said that the Amnesty International could prove that in August 2017, the ARSA organized thousands of Bengali villagers that was greater than that of the 2016 attack, armed them with knives, spears and various types of other weapons and launched the attacks; and that Bengali villagers also took part in the terrorist attacks together with the ARSA. In September 2017, the Amnesty International interviewed members of the Hindu community arriving in Bangladesh from Myanmar, and Hindu-Bengalis and ethnic races including Rakhines, Khamis, Mros and Thets in Sittway of Rakhine State in April 2018. The report detailed the findings by starting with the inability to find out the complete atrocities committed by ARSA extremist Bengali terrorists as access is denied to northern Rakhine State.
According to the findings by Amnesty International, a group of ARSA extremist Bengali terrorists arrested 69 Hindus men, women and children from Khamaungseik Village on 25 August 2017. Most of the arrested villagers were murdered and the remaining taken hostage. A total of 53—20 men, 10 women and 23 children, including 14 children under the age of eight—were killed. Only eight women and eight children managed to escape. The report also said the ARSA extremist Bengali terrorist group arrested 46 Bengali men, women and children from a Hindu Village near Yebaukkya Village and they are still missing.When the eight Hindu women arrested by the ARSA extremist Bengali terrorist group arrived in Bangladesh, they were forced to tell false news that the villagers were brutally killed by Rakhine ethnics and a video documentary was released. Likewise, similar false news pieces were broadcast, said Amnesty International.
On 26 August 2017 also, a group of ARSA extremist Bengali terrorists brutally killed one man, two women and three children in Myothugyi Village near Maungtaw, the report pointed out.The Tatmadaw welcomes Amnesty International for its impartiality and correct report about the atrocities committed by ARSA extremist Bengali terrorists by gathering firm evidence. Regarding the incidents that happened on 28 May 2012, 9 October 2016 and 25 August 2017, the Tatmadaw True News Information Team held press conferences and released news on radio and television and in newspapers on a timely basis. However, news agencies and governments from the West Bloc put pressure on Myanmar’s government and the Tatmadaw by making lopsided accusations without recognizing the true news.In addition to the incidents men-tioned by the Amnesty International, the Tatmadaw True News Information Team has presented deaths of Mro and Khami ethnics in terror attacks of ARSA extremist Bengali terrorists and other terrorist attacks of non-ARSA members in individuals or groups during the uprisings due to their rights, committing of killings, robberies and rapes over Bengalis each other, and setting fire to their own houses in three events. So, we would like to urge the Amnesty International to stand for right for continuously exposing the cases that ARSA extremist Bengali terrorists and the Bengalis who triggered the conflicts killed other ethnics and their same people Bengalis.
The Myanmar Tatmadaw ordered security forces to strictly abide by the Rule of Engagement-ROE in deploying the least amount of strength to protect security, lives and property of local ethnic people and to carry out self defence of the security forces as ARSA extremist Bengali terrorists and the Bengali terrorists under their organizational arrangements with the estimated strengths between 6,000 and 10,000 committed attacks with the use of small arms, home-made grenades and heavy arms in the incidents of Buthidaung-Maungtaw region of Rakhine State, and exposed the officers and services who offended crimes with personal acts and took action against them. The information about taking action against them was also released in a transparent manner.
In meeting with envoys from 15 members of the UN Security Council on 30 April 2018, the Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services clearly explained the stand and attitude of the Tatmadaw and gave them the documentary photos depicting the true events. Moreover, the Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services told them to send firm evidences if security forces including Tatmadawmen committed crimes, and after investigation, if it is true, the Tatmadaw will take action against them. Deterrent action taken against offenders by the Tatmadaw shows its accountability and responsibility. True events of conflicts in crimes committed by ARSA extremist Bengali terrorists in Buthidaung-Maungtaw region and the Bengalis committed crimes in the events were clarified with firm evidences by State-owned media and the Tatmadaw True News Information Team at the meetings between the Tatmadaw and international organizations, and firm evidences were presented to attendees. As such, the information was released that international organizations and media are urged to bravely expose true events similar to that of the Amnesty International.
Tatmadaw True News Information Team
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