Aye Myat Khaing, Narinjara News, 11 June 2024

More than 100 refugees from the Muslim Rohingya camps inBangladesh arrived in Maungdaw of Arakan State for military training.

According to local residents, the Muslims were broughtwith four boats from Bangladesh to Ywet Nyo Taung village in north Maungdaw on6 June.

“I saw those Muslims and asked one of them about theirvisit. He said they were brought for military training inside Myanmar. Theywere not directly taken to Maungdaw, but transported by cars during  nighthours,” said a resident.

Eyewitnesses revealed that on 22 May, around 200Muslim refugees arrived at Ali village jetty of Maung Ni ward under Maungdaw township, with five boats from Bangladesh.

They were transported by six cars from the jetty tobasic education high school in Ka Nyin Tan ward.

The socio-political observers expressed concern thatMuslims from Bangladesh have been brought  regularly for military trainingin Maungdaw. Later many Muslims from Arakan State were assigned to fightagainst the Arakha Army (AA).

When 30 young people from Kutupalong Muslim refugeecamp in Bangladesh were abducted by the RSO on 21 May, a video clip went viralon social media, where Muslim refugees were seen being beaten by them.

But the Bangla  police did not take any actionagainst those RSO rebels, who were even detained.

Now the Muslim armed organizations like  ARSA,ARA, RSO etc are recruiting youths from the refugee camps in Bangladesh. Theyare being trained by the military junta and armed to fight against AA fightersalong with the soldiers.

The ULA/AA strongly condemned the individuals andorganizations who were involved in these activities, deeming it heinous andunethical to recruit Muslim youths, especially the minors, by both the juntaand Muslim armed organizations, exploiting them for their own interest amid thecurrent political situation in Rakhine State.