The junta soldiers continue demolishing  houses in Tinma village, whichcomprises over  500 houses, under Kyauk Taw township to make space for amilitary camp.

The village is still deserted as the residents left theirhouses during the last gun fighting between the junta forces and Arakan Army membersin 2021.

The wood pillars, timbers and roof-tins are being demolished by the juntasoldiers for use in the army camp and some may be  sold out illegally,said local residents.

They informed that the military council troops  started demolishing remaininghouses in the market area of Tin Ma Gyi since 11 September.

"Since Monday, we could hear the sound of demolishinghouses. Many houses in Tinma  village market weredemolished. They are planning to build a  camp there and also to sellthe leftovers,” said  a resident.

The junta forces also demolished many public properties in the residentialareas. A villager even insisted that the military council and AA members shouldprotect the houses under the law.

The villagers reported that several houses in Tinma village were built inRakhine culture style many years ago and are now being razed by the militarycouncil army.

The soldiers also killed and consumed the cattle ofvillagers and many are captured for selling  illegally for an extraincome.

In March 2020, the junta forces and AA members clashed near the village and itscared the villagers. The soldiers also burned down more than 100 houses inTinma village.

Even, some soldiers of number 55 army brigade-stationed at Taung Shay mountainnear Tinma village- entered the village on 13 and 16 March 2021. At least 18villagers from U Maung Sein Gyi, U Hla Kyaw Gyi and U Kyaw Win Maung werealso arrested and they went  missing since then.

The relatives of those villagers had repeatedly written to Rakhine Stategovernment for information about those missing villagers. They also urged theauthorities to allow them to return to their village.

Even they appealed to junta chief major general Min Aung Hlaing for allowingthem to return to the village for repairing religious buildings, including themonasteries, which were damaged by cyclone Mocha that hit Rakhine State on 14 May, but till date no response is received.

"As there is no  fighting, the situation is  stable andpeaceful. The villagers have written to Min Aung Hlaing and his officials atleast 9 times, for allowing the villagers to come back. But the authorities have not responded positively, said a villager.

It is understood that over 3,000 people from Tinma village have not been ableto return home. They are living in IDP camps and other villages under Kyauk Taw township, which is 80 miles north of Rakhine capital city of Sittwe,for  almost 4 years now.