The two UN aid agencies, UNHCR and WFP, who are working inside Arakan State of Burma are now rendering financial help in cash and kind to the new illegal Buddhist settlers, said a villager who does not wish to be named.
A team of UNHCR staffs, stationed in Maungdaw comprising of Bawdi Alam, Dil Mohd, Ms. Hla Aye Tin and Ms. Ma Khing Swe Lat went to a Buddhist settler village of “Kamagon” in Maungdaw Township on 21st May.They reached the village at about 11:AM and distributed cash Kyats 5,000/- per family. Although the exact number of beneficiaries are not known, Aung Gyi, 60, son of U Sein Tun Oo, U Maung San, 40, son of U Maung Maung Tha, U Aung Sein, 40, son of U Mg Tun Sein, Ms. Ma Mu Ma, 50, daughter of U Soe Maung, and U
Hla Aye, 50 son of U Saw Tun are among those who received the financial assistance, said a source in UNHCR.

Earlier on 9th May, World Food Programme (WFP) had also distributed 893 bags of rice among the Model Villagers of Ray Aung San Kom, Seik Jin, Aung Sik Bin, all are in Maungdaw Township, Arakan State that were built in recent years for the Buddhist settlers, he further added.

It may be mentioned here that the settlers are usually brought into Arakan for                 re-settlement programme by the direct supervision of Secretary No. (1) Lt. Gen. Khin Nyunt. The settlers are hailed from central Burma mostly ex-jailed drug addicts, convicted criminals, vagrants and street miscreants. It is obvious that the settlers brought and distributed in the Muslims areas are hostile to local Rohingyas and the SPDC is using them as one of tools to oppression the Rohingyas in Arakan.

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