Naung Min Thu, Narinjara News, 2 October 2024
A father, his two sons, and his nephew from
Kaing Gyi (Mro) minority village in Maungdaw Township, Arakan State, have been reported
missing after going fishing, according to local residents.
U Sai Win, 45; his kids Maung Lin Gyi, 15, and
Maung Ah Mun, 12; and Maung D Kaw, 14, his brother's son, are the ones who
remain missing.
Residents claimed that the group went fishing at Let Wae Creek in the
Mayu Mountains at 8:00 am on September 30 and have not returned to the
settlement. As of October 2, they have not been seen.
“Four family members—a father, his two sons, and a
nephew—are gone. They went fishing in Let Wae Creek in the Mayu Mountains, but
they never came back," a villager reported.
The night the family vanished, about ten young people looked
for them but were unable to locate them.
More than sixty locals convened early on
October 1st to conduct a thorough search deep within the Mayu forest. Locals
claim they found two sticks that were likely used to beat the missing people,
along with some of their belongings.
“We discovered a child's hat and sticks that
were used to beat the four of them where they were sitting. We could not locate
anyone else. Everyone thinks they were arrested by ARSA members," stated
another local.
As of today, more than sixty folks are still
looking for the people who went missing.
According to the locals, Let Wae Creek in the
Mayu Mountains is roughly a three-hour walk from Kaing Gyi (Mro) village,
making the round trip take about seven hours.
The 130 households that make up Kaing Gyi (Mro)
hamlet are home to about 900 Mro
ethnic people, all of whom depend on the Mayu forest's fish and frog
foraging for a living.
In a separate incident, an 11-year-old
fifth-grader from the Maungdaw 4-mile ward was murdered on September 26. He was
stabbed in the right abdomen and suffered a head injury from being beaten by
sticks.
The Arakan Army (AA) is currently carrying out
an investigation to find the killers of the student, who are still at large.
Photo: Kaing
Gyi (Mro) village.