REPORT by the ICOE

(Independent Commission of Enquiry)

235 pages of that report are ANNEXES 16 - 28,
I will summarize….
by Rick Heizman, February 20, 2020

Many of you may have seen the SUMMARY of the 430 page REPORT by the ICOE
(Independent Commission of Enquiry). 235 pages of that report are ANNEXES 16-28 which
has WITNESS TESTIMONIES and VERIFIED DETAILS of 50+ attacks by Bengali Muslims,

on August 25, 2017.

This is why Reuters, Fortify Rights, Human Rights Watch, Frontier Myanmar, and all other
ignorant and arrogant Bengali terrorist supporting goons hate it! Because, it is honest,
truthful, in-depth, verified, cross-checked, and researched material. (I know that well,
because I assisted them by giving them a lot of material evidence, which they cross-checked
and verified).

Attacks on Ngan Chaung and Taungpyo Letya

all text is from the ICOE report, except in [brackets], bold is mine

Profile of Ngan Chaung village tract, northern Maungdaw Township

Ngan Chaung village is in Maungdaw Township’s Ngan Chaung village tract, which includes
Ngan Chaung and Gonna villages. According to population list prior to the 2017 incident,
Ngan Chaung village had a population of 3,696 from 414 households in 404 houses, while
Gonna village had a population of 1,117 from 98 households in 126 houses. As of July 2019,
Ngan Chaung village had a population of 490 from 107 households in 404 houses, while
Gonna village had a population of 233 from 39 households in 126 houses. A total of 17
persons from 2 households had moved to another village. Bawinchaung border guard police
station is located near Ngan Chaung village.
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Combined Statements of three Muslim witnesses
Prior to the event of 2017, the ARSA organized militant group called the head of the
village administrator [a Muslim] by phone twice and threatened to kill him if he
continued to work with the government. But it was not known from which village the ARSA
group was calling.

On the night of August 25, 2017, when the

incident occurred, sounds of gunfire and
explosion were heard, but the sounds were
from a considerable distance from Ngan Chaung
village. Earlier that day, a villager saw a mine
placed [by a Muslim] at a road junction in
Ngan Chaung and the matter was reported to
the military via a village administrator. Troops
defused the mine. On the morning of the 26th,
news was heard of problems starting to occur in nearby villages. On the 27th, a military
column approached Ngan Chaung village from Pho Nyo Chaung village in the west. A group
of about a hundred Muslims holding sticks were following behind the column at a
distance of about three furlongs. The military column took up position and fired some gun
shots away from where the group was. On hearing the shots fired, the group retreated and
the military column marched on towards Pha Wut creek via Ngan Chaung village. On the
same day, Muslim men from other villages were seen going towards Kyet Yo Pyin village
carrying bags. They came from Myaw Taung and were going to Kyet Yo Pyin village via Pha
Wut creek.

On August 30, about 1PM, troops came to Ngan Chaung village to conduct clearing of the
area. Whenever the troops approached a suspicious situation [such as a possible
ambush site], shots were fired into the air and on hearing the gun shots, some villagers
fled. As they saw a group of people from other villages fleeing, they may have thought that it
was time for them to flee too, and went along with those who were fleeing. The military and
the police did not force or pressure these people to flee. They even prevented some
from fleeing telling them to remain in their villages and that assistance would be
provided when required.

Another Muslim stated that in order to prevent the villagers

from fleeing in fear when the troops came, the villagers
were gathered in the village administrator’s house. More
than 150 were also gathered in a nearby house. When the
troops came to conduct clearing of locality, about four villagers
around the age of 30 years were called as guides, and after
patrolling to the southern edge of the village, the four returned.
The soldiers left after telling the villagers to stay peacefully
in the village without going anywhere.

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On September 6, troops came to Ngan Chaung village and distributed some rations.
Four of five days later a meeting was called where clothing and blankets were
distributed. Whenever troops were at the village, villagers were not threatened or hurt.
Villagers were told not to associate with ARSA terrorists and to report to officials if
there was the presence of unlisted persons. While the soldiers were in the village, shots
were fired during the night to scare away anyone from approaching. Those who fled from
the village did so because of fear and they were not forced or threatened.

Although there were rumors about looting, soldiers raping Muslim women, and mass killings
in Ngan Chaung village tract, the three witnesses stated that they were not aware of any such
acts being committed. [Don’t forget - this is the testimonies of 3 Muslims]
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Profile of Taungpyo Letya village, northern Maungdaw Township

Taungpyo Letya village tract is in northern Maungdaw Township. The village tract only had
Taungpyo Letya village, and according to population list prior to the 2017 incident, it had a
population of 1,191 from 249 households in 228 houses. Only Muslims lived in Taungpyo
Letya village. As of July 2019, six persons from two households had moved to Myoma south
ward in Maungdaw Town.

Statement of a Muslim witness

According to a former administrator from Taungpyo Letya
village, the village was already taken down from the village list,
because no one lived there anymore. After 2016, there were
activities by the ARSA militant group in Taungpyo Letya
village. There were cases of this group killing those who
were close to or helping the government.

ARSA was heard to be planning to attack a security

outpost on August 25, 2017. After midnight on August 24,
the sound of exploding mines and gun fire were heard in
Tuangpyo Letya village tract. Due to the incident at night, on
August 25, villagers dared not go outside the village and there were very few movements.
Rumors were also heard of ongoing incidents in other villages and places, and Muslims in the
village tract fl ed in fear to Bangladesh. There was no incident in Taungpyo Letya village. On
September 7, all Muslim families, except one family, left for Bangladesh. Muslims fl ed in fear
after hearing rumors of a Muslim couple killed in Taungpyo Letwe, mass killings and rape of
Muslims in Mingyi village, and of the soldiers and ethnic nationals torching Muslim houses in
Sabeikon village. About ten days after the remaining Muslim family left for Bangladesh, fi res
started to burn from the southern part of Taungpyo Letya village.

This last Muslim family left for Bangladesh on September 7 and stayed there for about seven
months. When the family reached Bangladesh, ARSA members were there already. The
refugee camp the family went to had more than 12,000 refugees. The refugees gradually
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moved to other relief camps along the Bangladeshi border and only about 4,000 refugees
who came from Taungpyo side remained in the refugee camp. Muslims in the refugee camp
were greatly influenced by ARSA. ARSA was not happy with the household head of the
last family that left Taungpyo Letya village, because the household head helped the
government when he was a village administrator. He was intimidated, and finally,
attempts were made on his life so he no longer dared to live in the camp and moved to
a rented house outside the camp. ARSA group stole buffaloes and cows from Myanmar.

ARSA was also heard to have killed 50 of their own members in other camps but there
was no killing at zero point [a strip of land between the border fences of Myanmar and
Bangladesh]. ARSA was led by young people who considered themselves as Mawlawis
Islamic Imams]. They provide cash support to those that they can use nefariously. As
the household head was continuously intimated and could not face the hardships in
Bangladesh, he contacted the district administrator through Taungpyo Letwe Town
administrator and returned to Maungdaw Town. Muslim youths are the main supporters of
ARSA group. The government has already received information about who, and in which
village were ARSA members. But as the government didn’t take effective action against
them, ARSA has now become a great threat.
[Once again - this is the testimony of a Muslim]

Please see my interviews with Muslims in Ngan Chaung, January 2018:

https://arakan-reality.smugmug.com/ARAKAN-the-CONFLICT-VIDEOS/INTERVIEWS/i-h3XZWPm/A

Please see my interview with the same Muslim man in Taungpyo Letya, October 2018:

https://arakan-reality.smugmug.com/ARAKAN-the-CONFLICT-VIDEOS/Interviews-October-2018/i-CjXJqLk/A

By Rick Heizman, February 20, 2020

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