The Narinjara News
(29 Dec 08 to
NEWS IN ENGLISH
Sheikh Hasina wants release of Suu Kyi
Arakanese mark the 224th anniversary of loss of Arakan sovereignty in
Released Burmese prisoners languish in
Indian oil company Essar starts drilling in Arakan
Man arrested for connections with media in exile
Increase in murders on western
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Indian oil company Essar starts drilling in Arakan
Awami League landslide victory in
Arakanese mark the 224th anniversary of loss of Arakan sovereignty in
Released Burmese prisoners languish in
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Sheikh Hasina wants release of Suu Kyi
The leader of wining grand alliance and President of the Awami League party, Sheikh Hasina told reporters at a press conference that she wants to see the release of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi who has been under house arrest in
The press conference was held in
She said that Suu Kyi should be released as soon as possible and her party is always in favour of democracy.
When Burmese journalist Ko Soe Min from Democratic Voice of Burma asked her to explain her stand on the detained Burmese democracy leader Suu Kyi, Hasina replied, "We want the immediate release of Suu Kyi."
Moreover, she said that
She concluded that 'friendship with all and malice to none' is our cardinal foreign policy and we want a peaceful and democratic South Asian region.
A Burmese opposition woman leader Daw Mra Ra zarlin, who is a resident of Dhaka, said," Awami League president Sheikh Hasina is a sympathizer of the Burmese democracy movement and she mobilized the Bangladesh Parliament in 1992 to sign an appeal demanding release of Daw Aung Sann Suu Kyi. It is a good chance for our opposition groups working for Burmese democracy in
A Burmese opposition leader said that Sheikh Hasina had once told that she and Daw Aung San Suu Kyi are sisters from two neighbouring countries in
A senior journalist in
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Arakanese mark the 224th anniversary of loss of Arakan sovereignty in
The Arakanese people in exile marked the 224th anniversary of the loss of Arakan sovereignty in
Ko Zaw Lin an organizer said, "We held the ceremony of the 224th anniversary of the loss of Arakanese sovereignty in
According to Arakan history, the Arakan state from
Since then, Arakan lost its sovereignty and for some time Arakan was under the British rule and for some time under Japanese rule before
In the ceremony of downfall day of Arakan sovereignty in
U Kyaw Mya Tha, who was Chairman of the ceremony said, "I am always sad when I read our history. Our fatherland was once a sovereign country in the world. Now our country is facing big challenges since we lost our sovereignty. Our people will disappear under the Burmese ethnic cleansing policy. We are worried that the Arakanese people's identity will disappear from the world."
He added that at present there were over 50 Burmese army battalions stationed in Arakan state since 1988, without any insurgent groups in the land. "I am sure that is ethnic cleansing policy used by the Burmese military government," he said.
Many Arakanese diasporas around the world like Arakanese in exile in
Ko Zaw Lin said, "We Arakanese people have no right to hold the ceremony inside
In
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Cox¢sbazar,
Released Burmese prisoners languish in
Burmese prisoners accounting for 105 people, though released have been languishing in
According to a prison report, 105 released Burmese prisoners were brought to Cox's Bazaar prison located near
However, the released Burmese prisoners could not be sent to
An immigration official Abu Kalan from Cox's Bazaar said that Burmese authorities told them whenever they request their transfer to
According to prison sources, the
At the same time, accommodation for Burmese prisoners is also another problem for
In Cox's Bazaar prison, there are nearly 400 Burmese citizens and most of them are detained by
It is learnt that there are 1500 Burmese nationals in
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Sittwe,
Indian oil company Essar starts drilling in Arakan
Essar, the Indian oil company, has begun its project to drill for oil in northern Arakan in the first week of December. It is constructing buildings and roads in the area, said a villager.
"The company has been constructing a jetty, many buildings, and roads in our village to start drilling for oil," the villager said.
Though Essar struck oil in Nyo Raung Chaung village near Sapatha village tract northern
Some workers from Essar are now working in the area with bulldozers and excavators to construct roads and other work in the construction site.
An eye witness said, "Some Indian engineers come to the area from Sittwe by ferry boats everyday to work in the project. They are staying in Novo hotel in Sittwe."
Many machines for drilling for oil have been transported to the area from Sittwe.
"The oil well will be drilled by Essar after construction of the roads and buildings are completed," a Burmese clerk in the company said.
Meanwhile, some farmers from Nyo Raung Chaung village are suffering because their lands have been confiscated by the Burmese authorities for Essar to drill oil.
"We have not yet received any compensation for our lands from the Burmese military regime. Therefore, we have appealed to the western command commander General Taung Aye to pay us compensation," a farmer said.
A total of 20 acres of farm lands from 10 farmers in the village were confiscated by Burmese military authorities last year for Essar to drill oil.
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Maungdaw,
Man arrested for connections with media in exile
The Burmese Military Intelligence (Sarafa) arrested a man from the western
The man Ko Nyunt Maung, (45) a businessman, has been detained in a lockup in the compound of the Sarafa station in Maungdaw.
According to local people, a group of Burmese military intelligence personnel raided his residence at night on December 22, and took him to the Sarafa station for interrogation.
The authorities informed his family members about the arrest and that he has working for a media in exile from Maungdaw but did not go into details.
A close friend of his in Maungdaw said that he was tortured severely by the officials of Military Intelligence during interrogation.
Family members of Ko Nyunt Maung are worried about his condition after news spread that he was being tortured and harassed during interrogation.
It is the first time in Arakan state that such as arrest has been made regarding a person having connections with an exiled media group.
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Maungdaw,
Increase in murders on western
There has been a significant increase in the number of murders on the western
In a month, two Rakhines and one Muslim were murdered by unknown assailants in
"Last Saturday, an elderly Arakanese man was killed by an unknown group while he was herding cows in a pasture near his village," the town elder said.
The victim was identified as U Aung Twe (65) from 4 miles village in ward No 6 in
According to village sources, he was killed by placing a plastic bag on his head after his hands and feet were tied with ropes. He died of suffocation.
Police from Maungdaw took his body in the evening to the hospital in Maungdaw for autopsy.
Similarly, a Muslim man, close to Nasaka Burma's border security force, was killed by a group of miscreants in Taung Wra, a few miles from Maungdaw on December 2 while he was attending a dinner party in the village.
The victim was identified as Kadi, son of U Marmud Tu Song, from Ba Gu Na village in
On
The police suspect a group of Muslims near the village who killed her but they have not disclosed any clues so far about the murder.
A woman from Maungdaw said, "We are afraid going to our garden or farms as the number of murders in our area has increased recently. Our life is not safe at present in our township and everybody is avoiding going alone anywhere in Maungdaw." #
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