Maungdaw, Arakan State: Two Rohingya Muslims were tortured by Burma's Border Security Force, or Nasaka on false allegations of being human traffickers on June 6 evening, said a local from Lake Ya ( Kumir Kali) village.
A section of Nasaka personnel from sector No. 3, arrested Ahmed Ullah 27, son of Mohamed Zawshim Alam 55 and Osman 28, son of Nurul Haque 55, hailing from Lake Ya village, in Maungdaw Township, he added.
Both Rohingya Muslim youths were using Bangladeshi mobile phones which the Nasaka personnel found on them, he added.
The Nasaka checked the mobile phones and found they had communicated with people in Malaysia and Saudi Arabia. Armed with the information, Nasaka labeled them human traffickers who were sending people from Arakan to Malaysia and Saudi Arabia. The Nasaka alleged that they frequently traveled to Bangladesh. The Nasaka detained them in their camp and tortured them, said a relative of one of the victims.
After torturing them severely on June 7 the Nasaka told their families that they would have to report everyday to the Nasaka camp and asked for 800,000 Kyat from each family. After receiving the money on June 8, the two Rohingyas were released and ordered not to go to the government hospital or any NGO's clinic, he added.
According to the villagers, the camp-in-charge is Major Thu Rain Kyaw who always makes false allegations to extort money from people by torture.
