Narinjara News, 31 July 2022

U Kyaw Hein, a 40-year-old refugee froman IDP camp in Kyauk Tawon upper Kaladan river, has gone missing since he was arrested by the juntaforces on 19 July.

His family members are worried as they have no contact with him formore than 10 days. Burmese army personnel picked him up from Kawi Yadana IDP camp. Hailing from Miwa village, KyawHein is a medical worker.

His wife Ma Aye Than expressed concern over Kyaw Hein’s whereabouts as thefamily has no clue about it. The couple has four children. Ma Aye Than herselfis suffering from various ailments.

In 2020, when the fighting broke out in his village between the junta forceand Arakan Army, Kyaw Hein along with his family arrived in Kawi Yadanamonastery refugee camp to take shelter.

"If he has been  arrested that should be done under the law.But we have not heard about him for days. We suspect he has been tortured underthe military custody,” she added.

The current military regime continues detaining common people. Very oftenthe military personnel do not hand over the detainees to the police within 24hours of their arrest, which is mandatory under the law. During thedetention, the people are normally tortured by the soldiers.

Narinjara News tried to contact the Rakhine State security and borderaffairs minister colonel Kyawthura over the matter, but he was unavailable.

As the conflict goes onbetween the Burmese army personnel and AA members, the common people are suffering inRakhine State. Many civilians associated with the AA were identified, arrestedand  imprisoned under various terrorism charges, but often innocentcivilians also become victim of circumstance.