A Rohingya teenage girl gang raped

On 10th July 2002, a Rohingya teenage girl named Ms. Tayaba Khatun, 13, daughter of Maung Bullah hailed from “Thamila village” of Rathedaung township, Arakan State was raped by three Burmese armed forces, said a relative of the victim.
On that day, the aforesaid three armed forces of battalion No. 537 went to the said village to collect fowls without paying money to the villagers. After seizing a lot of fowls from the village they stored them in front of the Maung Bullah’s house. In one stage, while they were drinking water from the house they saw the girl was working in the kitchen. Finding the father of the victim absent from the house, they forcibly entered the house of Maung Bullah, an old man, and caught hold of his younger daughter and raped her one after another. They left for their camp leaving behind a big cock for the victim, he further added.

While the rapists were entering the house her old mother tried to resist, but she was pushed away. Showing a dagger, the culprits silenced the old woman and tied her with pole inside the house. The culprits then took hold of her teenage daughter and raped her until she fell unconscious and bled profusely, he further said.

However, the mother of the victim cried for help but few came up at their rescue when villagers realised that the culprits were army. Before leaving, the culprits threatened the victim and her mother of taking their life if they ever tell the incident to others, another relative of the victim said.

The following morning when the poor Maung Bullah was on his way to hospital with his daughter the military stopped and disallowed them to go for treatment, he added.

On information, a kind hearted Rakhing old man took the responsibility for treatment of the victim. He took her to a private clinic in Rathedaung town and after proper treatment, he brought her back home, said a villager.

The incident was reported to the concerned army commander, but no action has been taken yet against the culprits, said a relative.