A fisherman shot dead, his dead body thrown into the bay by NASAKA

A Rohingya fisherman was shot dead and his dead thrown into the Bay of Bengal by the Burmese Nasaka forces, said a fisherman to Kaladan Press.
On 10th September 2002, one Moktul Hussain, 42 years, son of Moniruzzaman of Indin village under Maungdaw township, was arrested by a 3-member patrol group belonging to Camp No.18 of the Nasaka Area No.8, while he was returning home after fishing in the sea,
with the accusation that he was coming from Bangladesh, he further said.

On 11th September, at about 8.00 a.m.. some members of Village Peace and Development Council ( VPDC ) accompanied by other village elders went to the Nasaka Camp and requested the Camp in-charge for his release explaining that Moktul Hussain was a poor man of good character living on fishing, and that he had never committed any crimes, had not gone to Bangladesh as alleged and had gone to the sea simply for fishing only. But their request was turned down, said a source in Nasaka Headquarters.

Then VPDC members and village elders of Indin went to the local Nasaka Headquarters of the Area and requested for their help to get release of the victim. But this made the in-charge of Nasaka camp No.18 annoyed and Moktul Hussain was shot dead in the camp by his order. After that his dead body was thrown into the Bay of Bengal by the Nasaka forces themselves, he further said.

On 12th September, 2002, when some fishermen saw the dead body floating in the sea, they picked it up and informed the villagers of the same. As soon as the message reached the village, many villagers that included young, old and women came to the spot and carried the dead body straight to the local Nasaka Headquarters. But they did nothing. Instead, the Camp in-charge confined both the parents of the victim in the camp while the villagers were ordered to bury the dead body, said a relative of the victim.

On 13th September, the parents of the victim were forced to sign a paper stating that their son Moktul Hussain was released before his death. After that they were set free, he further said. However, the Nasaka source at camp insists that Moktul Hussain was released well before his death.