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Date: April 1 , 2009
Letter Number: 002/09 
 
Arakan Rakkhitta Group (ARG) re eived one bizarre news on April 4, 2009. In that news  circulated by Kaladan Press Network (KPN), it reported that one Bengali girl was “killed and hacked into three pieces” by Buddhist monks in Sittwe and the body was kept for three days inside the monastery. Due to its sensitiveness and bizarre  ontext of the news, ARG has  conducted an investigation in collaboration with inside sources in Sittwe. No Arakanese in Sittwe is aware of the news and they responded that the news is totally fake.
 
ARG is amazed by the a t of KPN. It is obvious that it is not just a mere mistake of KPN and there is a motive and impli ation behind this fabricated story due to the following reasons.

1.   The village named “Phayarr Gyi Ywar Gyima Taung” does not exist in Sittwe. Moreover, it is noted that the English usage is also wrong. In Sittwe, when people speak in Arakanese about the neighborhood they live in, they use ‘village’. However, when they write in English, they use ‘quarter’. For example, people speak of “Rupa Village” but when they write in English, they use “Rupa Quarter”. It is obvious that the writer of KPN has no lo al knowledge about the  apital  ity of Arakan and it is a strong possibility that he has never lived there.

2.   On another note, Sittwe is not as populous as Chittagong. The de eased body  an easily be buried or thrown into the sea. However, Kaladan Press Network made its story more interesting to  convince the readers by dragging Burma’s reverend monks into the murder scene with three separate pieces of the girl. It just sounds too  liché’ and it is obvious that the story is fake.  

3. Then, the writer continues to blame Rakhine for no reason saying that the witness of the murder did not tell any one “for fear of  reprisal from the monks and the Rakhine  ommunity”. There are a high per entage of Bengali immigrants in Sittwe and there are ample instances on how aggressively they responded to a small  case; let alone this sensitive case. In other words, if  this case is real, a riot or a few  clashes would have been seen on the streets of Sittwe. 

4.   Moreover, the story is only based on one “local trader”. It is an obligation not a  choice for a journalist to write fair and balaned story comprising different aspects to it. But the story again lack of that property. KPN did not mention any effort it undertakes to gather more information but it just distributed the news believing blindly on one trader. KPN should be aware of that this kind of irresponsible a t  an bring a great deal of damages into Burma not just in terms of materials but also in terms of lives.

5.   Finally, KPN a used the Buddhist monks for committing murder. Buddhism does not preach its monks to kill even animal; let alone human. For the monks, the Buddhist rules strongly restrained them from committing suc h  crime.

Therefore, it is obvious that the story is a completely fabricated one and ARG believe that KPN has reated the story with motives. 
 
Motive 1.  To try to  over the widespread  crimes  committed by so- alled Rohingya

Sin e some of the so-called Rohingya are committing murder and rapes every month, the fabricated story of  KPN was intended to switch the attention from these crimes.

Motive 2  To instill fear and pain on Rakhine in Buthedaung, Maung Daw so that they will not live in these territories

The more Rakhine leave these regions, the better it is for them to  ontrol the va ant land and resources. Also, it is very likely that they believe even if  Rakhine resist and fight back, they will also gain publicity and
other benefits from these riots. 

Moreover, it has always been the purposes of the extremists to request fund from the rich Islamic  nations and to obtain the support of  Al-Qaeda using the fact that religion of Islam is being repressed in Burma. They do not seem to take the consequences of their a tion such as the severe impa t on the inno ent  hildren and women into  onsideration. It seems that these people who are trying to stimulate riots do not have family inside Burma. Therefore, it is very important to denounce these religious fanatics, along with all ethni  groups of Burma, by the Bengali who admire peace.

There is a stark difference between ethnic rights and citizenship rights. And, human rights do not grant the rights to people to strategically assault the other religion and to harm other  cultures. For those who happen to believe in the propaganda of these Bengali extremists, these two facts should be understood  learly.

Therefore, ARG would like to  caution KPN and other news agen y, that are  reating fabri ated news, not to support the riot causing agenda of  the so- alled Rohingya fanatics. 

It should be understood by the so- alled Rohingya and their news agency that this statement does not wish to cause the racial riot and ARG only wish to deter the possible racial riots in Burma. If riots resulted in Burma, the so- alled Rohingya religious extremists will have to bear the responsibility.

Khaing Thoo
Chief in Charge (Temporary)
Arakan Rakkitta Group (ARG) 

Recent Atroities Committed by some so- alled Rohingya Terrorists in Buthedaung and Maung Daw
 
-   An attempt to rape six Rakhine women by some Bengalis in Maung Daw in Mar h 11, 2007.

-   Gang atta k on U Maung Mra who was selling dry fish produ ts in NarZi quarter, Sittwe by ten so-alled Rohingya in November 4, 2008. Another gang attack on two witnesses of U Maung Mra, on their way to the lo al police station to report the previous attack, by E. Sat and Ali and about 100 of their Bengalis apprentices. (E. Sat and Ali are known for their mutual business ties with local powerful authority. Though their lives were spared after the arrivals of lo al authority, an arrest was made to U Maung Mra and his two witnesses after a large sum of money was given to the lo al authorities by these so- alled Rohingya  riminals.)

-   Rape and  ruel murder of Daw Aung Thar May (45 years old) in Vesali village, Maung Daw in November 24, 2008. (Daw Aung Thar May’s deceased body was found with eyes popping out of her face and tooth broken.)

-   Murder of U Aung Htwe (65 years old) by so-called Rohingya Bengalis while herding a group of  cows in 4-mile KannTharYar village, Maung Daw, in De ember, 2008. 

-   Killing of U Maung Maung Than’s oldest daughter (2  years old) who is a mother of two  hildren and his youngest daughter (19 years old) by the so-called Rohingya Bengalis on Mar h 1, 2009. (The two girls were residents of Na-Ta-La ThaRaPhe Model Village, Buthedaung Township and were killed by mutilating their female organs and burning their breasts.)
 
Should you have questions on these in idents, please  onta t the following members of  Arakan Rakkhitta Group (ARG) in your preference of languages.  
 
1.   Maung Hla Shwe    (in Japanese)  – 81 (0) 9078 – 2791 – 24 (Japan)
2.   Nyi Nyi San          (in Japanese) – 81 (0) 9041 – 7 11 – 40 (Japan)
.   Khaing Aung           (in English)   – 1 – 617 – 4 5 – 415  (U.S.A)
4.   Win Myint Htun     (in English)   – 81 (0) 80 5 – 8452 – 58 (Japan)
5.   Paw Htun Aung      (in Burmese) – 81 (0) 8056 – 5519 –47 (Japan)
6.   Kyaw Than Hlaing  (in Burmese) – 81 (0) 9042 – 96 4 – 90 (Japan)
7.   Kyaw Lin Aung      (in Burmese) – 81 (0) 9091 –4 78 – 51 (Japan)
8.   Than Myint Aung   (in Burmese) – 81 (0) 9065 –  028 – 55 (Japan)
9.   Than Win             (in Burmese) – 81 (0) 80 5 – 009  – 75 (Japan) 

Copy Sent to –
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-   NGOs and Human Rights Organization Working for Burma
-   Burmese Politi al Parties/Organizations