The surrendered Rakhaing insurgents numbering about 245, including their family members, are being settled by the SPDC authorities in houses built with forced labour in “Prasa” village, a settler village 3 miles east of Maungdaw, Arakan, Burma, said a local villager.Since May 13 the authorities have been busy constructing over 48 houses for the surrendered people at “Prasa Village” with the forced labour of daily 200 villagers. In addition, about 100 acres of Rohingya owned land would be seized within a short time for these settlers, a source in the Na Sa Ka administration said.

The authorities are collecting donations from various departments, organizations and individuals in aid of the surrendered insurgent settlers. So far, a total of Kyats 3,900,000 has been collected till writing of this news as follows:– the Western Command. Maj. Gen.
Maung Oo-10,00,000 Kyats, the Home Minister 400,000 Kyats, the Trade Association of Akyab 6,00,000 Kyats, the Trade Association of Kyauktaw 400,000 Kyats, the Private Company of Akyab 500,000 Kyats, the Military Intelligence No- (10) 100,000 Kyats, books and stationeries worth 200,000 Kyats from the Education Ministry, medicine worth 200,000 Kyats from the Health Ministry, clothes worth 500,000 Kyats from the Immigration and Ministry of Relief and Rehabilitation and, in addition, 5,000 bags of rice from the government, the Na Sa Ka source further added.

The settlers were members of the breakaway faction of Arakan Army surrendered to the government on April 29, 2002 with more than 50 assorted arms and a good quantity of ammunition.

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