The Rohingyas have set fire to their houses in the Rakhine state of
Myanmar, claiming that the authorities of the country have set fire to their homes.
And a group of journalists from international and local media invited to prove their claim to the truth. The pictures arranged in their hand are taken out. The
BBC's journalist Jonathan Heads could not be cheated by other journalists.
The
BBC's South-East Asia correspondent, Jonathan Head, knew what the government wants to show on such a public visit. But sometimes there is a lot of insights in terms of limitations.
Jonathan Head said that he was first taken to a school in Maungdar in Rakhine, where the Hindu families had settled down. The whole school is surrounded by armed police. All of them taking shelter here are saying the same thing- the
Rohingya attacked them, they fled. Earlier, Jonathan Head spoke to the Hindu residents of Rakhain who fled to the
border with Bangladesh. All of them told Jonathan, they came running to attack the Rakhines. Because they are like the Rohingyas.
After visiting the school in Maungdaw, the question arises in the mind of Jonathan, what is the real truth? Know the truth in a while. In the official area, the
statement of one of the supporters of the school took place in Jonathan Jannon. The person
Then the group of journalists was taken to the
local Buddhist temple. There is also a Buddhist monk that describes the persecution of Rohingya on Rakhine and others. How did the Rohingya burn their houses, it is Photographs were also given to journalists to highlight the evidence. But the pictures can be sorted by Jonathan Two people, who claimed to be Rohingya women in a film, were seen to set fire to a house. One of these two women saw Jonathan as a shelter for Hindu women in Maung door's school. In the same film, a
Rohingya men are reported to have burned the house with the two women. Jonathan also saw that man as a persecuted Hindu in school. Another picture, standing in the arms of a school sheltered in the arms of Jonathan, showed Jonathan.
Later, journalists were taken to the local border security minister Colonel Phone Tint. The same statement in his mouth. Rohingyas are torturing villagers. He claimed that members of the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (Area) burnt the houses. Tintay said Arsars took control of the Rohingya villages. They want one member from each family for their organization. Those who did not agree, their houses were set on fire.
Ansar members got mine, destroyed three bridges.
Journalists want to know Colonel Phone Tint, burnt the whole village-house? In response, he said, it is 100 percent sure.
When the army is not doing any torture? If you want to know the government's representative, where is the evidence?
Jonathan had been able to talk to a few
Rohingya intersecting governmental security These Rohingyas do not want to be scared, scared, talk to the camera. Then the Rohingya described how they could not escape the fear of the army despite food shortage, intense fear. One Rohingya youth said he wanted to flee to Bangladesh. But their leaders go to the agreement to go with the authorities. Another said, his main fear is to the Myanmar government.
The main tour of the journalists was the coastal area of Maungdaw, Aulal Than Koi. Here, on August 25, police and army were attacked by Area. After returning from there, the villagers did not meet the villagers after the village.
After returning home after visiting Rakhine Maungdaw, some of the houses burned when Jonathan returned to the spot. From there, there was smoke coming out. On behalf of the police, they were told that the Rohingya themselves set fire to their homes. However, journalists were not allowed to talk to anyone.
In the last few weeks, nearly three lakh Rohingyas have fled Myanmar to save lives in Bangladesh. Most of these Rohingyas are in Boothiang, Maungdaw, Rathdong area. Usually, Rohingya-dominated Rakhine state prohibits journalists' entry. Yet, in the face of international pressure, the Myanmar government took 18 local and foreign journalists,
including Jonathan Heads, in a tough guard in the state of Maungdaw.
Journalists were given the condition that all would have to move together. No one can be independently visited. Only the government-specific places will be seen. But due to Myanmar's efforts, it did not succeed. The issue of Rohingya torture has been made clear to the journalists.