17 June 2024
The AA, which is attacking Rakhine State, evicted the people of Maungdaw by informing them one minute in advance to leave as soon as possible starting at 9:00 p.m. on June 16. At present, at least 600,000 Rakhines and Bengalis are war refugees who are facing famine due to AA’s offensive attack. Last month, AA burned Bengali houses in Buthidaung town, leaving hundreds of thousands of people homeless and without food.
Last month, AA burned down Bengali houses in Buthidaung town, while hundreds of thousands of people were left homeless and without food. AA is also desiring to destroy Maungdaw town, where most Bengalis live. In response to AA’s one-minute warning, U Aung Kyaw Moe, NUG’s Deputy Minister of Human Rights, asked to AA, “You are asked to leave. Yes, where do you have to leave?”
U Aung Kyaw Moe was also the one who revealed that when AA burned Buthidaung town and accused it over to the Tatmadaw, it was AA who burned Buthidaung.
Rone San Lwin, who is also a Bengali activist like U Aung Kyaw Moe, questioned on his social network account that AA gave the people of Maungdaw a minute’s notice and asked them to leave immediately. On May 17th, AA burned the entire town of Buthidaung, causing almost 200,000 Bengalis to leave their homes. Without fighting, Bengalis are being evicted from Poxa and Laborza villages in Maungdaw Township and are not being allowed to enter. AA’s action is a pretext to attack the army, and Bengalis are being forced to move, as well as arson and murder. From March 2024 to mid-June, between 1,200 and 1,500 Bengalis have been killed by AA, he wrote on social media.
