REPORT by the ICOE

(Independent Commission of Enquiry)

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

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

Profile of Ngakhuya village tract, northern Maungdaw Township

Ngakhuya village tract has Ngakhuya (Rakhine) village with a population of about 240 with 52
houses, Ngakhuya (Hindu) village with a population of more than 600 with 100 houses, and
Ngakhuya (south, north, middle) villages with a combined Muslim population of more than
9,000 in more than 1,000 houses. During the conflict, there was an incident of fire only in
Ngakhuya (north) village.

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Statement of a Rakhine witness
After the conflict of October 2016 [in which
Ngukhuya Border Guard Police Station was one
of three targets] regional authorities warned
repeatedly about the possibility of such conflict
occurring again. With financial support from
abroad, the Muslims were forming a group
called al-Yaqin [Harakah al-Yaqin is the
Arabic name of ARSA, preferred by the
Muslims] and trying to destroy the administrative machinery. Disputes no longer came to the
head of administration office but were instead resolved by ARSA, weakening the rule of law.
By actually killing government informers, the influence of ARSA had expanded and even
police inspectors dared not enter Muslim villages. A Muslim from Linbagona village,
Doetan village tract, three Muslims from Oo Chin Kya village and one from Ngakhuya village
were killed by ARSA.

Before the 2017 incident, based on information received, the military area commander himself
came and instructed children, women and the elderly from ethnic national villages to be
moved to a secure location and for the men to protect their own villages. Early in the morning
of August 25th, ARSA terrorists attacked A Htet Pyuma police station with grenades and
hand-made mines. Personnel from A Htet Pyuma and ethnic nationals retreated to
Ngakhuya. As the entire A Htet Pyuma Rakhine village was abandoned, around 9AM on
August 27, Muslims burnt down the houses and destroyed the monasteries and
pagodas. Next, a crowd of about 300 Muslims, that included children and the elderly,
advanced towards Ngakhuya village from Doetan village. A group led by area commander
Aung Kyaw Myint put up a defense against the advancing group. At that moment ARSA
terrorists advanced from the north of Ngakhuya village and opened fire with guns. As
the attack was from two sides, headquarters was contacted for help and a helicopter came.
The helicopter didn’t attack the group but the group retreated when the helicopter appeared.
As they retreated, they set landmines, out of which three exploded. The mines were
handmade mines or improvised explosive devices. ARSA terrorists were also intimidating
the Muslim villagers to come out and join them in the attack.

At dawn on the 26th, 50 soldiers from Light Infantry

Battalion 551 reached Ngakhuya police station. The
soldiers then patrolled Oo Chin Kya, A Htet Pyuma, Auk
Pyuma, and Ngakhuya villages. During the incident, no
Rakhine was killed or wounded, but when the border guard
police returned fire, a man dressed in black was killed.

About 10 or 11PM on the 27th, Ngakhuya north village was

found burning and villagers fled in the night. Rakhine
people were calling Muslims close to them telling them not
to flee, but the Muslims fled in fear on arrival of the military.
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ARSA collected 100,000 kyat [$68 US] per person, as a fee to be permitted to flee to
Bangladesh. On the 29th, Muslims from Ngakhuya south and middle villages buried their
valuables and left during the night. The fact that the valuables were buried rather than burnt
was proof that the Muslims themselves torched their houses.

About ten days after the fire, household utensils were taken away by Hindus and Rakhine.
Buffaloes and cows left behind were sold off in some cases, while in some cases, were taken
away to Bangladesh at night. As security personnel were posted in small outposts, the
Muslims were able to take away their property along the usual
routes. Property was not taken away by security forces, but there
were cases where some livestock were taken away for food.

A Yebawkya [Hindu village] villager who personally told Vice

President U Myint Swe about soldiers not committing any act
of rape was killed the next night. Muslims said have photo
evidence about the confl ict, but they didn’t want to provide it as the
rule of law was weak. Even then, ARSA was threatening to blow
up the car with a landmine when the Hindus were returning, said a
witness.

Combined Statements of five Hindu witnesses

In February 2017, a Muslim villager who can speak Burmese language and had contacts
with the police was beheaded. Hindus were also intimidated by being told that Muslim
leaders who were collaborating with government departments were killed and the Hindus will
also meet the same fate one day.

On the night when the conflict of 2017 started, about 400 Muslims from A Htet Pyuma started
to shout and advance. Shots were exchanged with police and we heard that three
policemen and two Muslims were killed. Shots were exchanged near A Htet Pyuma village
and a pagoda was destroyed. Shots were also exchanged near Myauk Taung village, about
three miles from Ngakhuya village. ARSA militants retreated when a military helicopter came
overhead.
From 4 - 9PM that day, smoke rose from A Htet Pyuma and north part of Ngakhuya. Two days
after the conflict, at about 11PM, a fire broke out in Ngakhuya (Muslim) village and out of
more than 600 houses, 80 were consumed by the fire. These houses were also thought to
be torched by the Muslims themselves. Ever since the fire started to burn, the villagers
were leaving both day and night. Although burning fires were seen, it was not known or seen
who or how it was started. At that time, army troops had not yet arrived. Hindus and
Rakhine were told by the police not to go anywhere far, due to the dangerous situation, and
were kept near the police, so it was not possible that they started the fire. The soldiers
only arrived on the next morning.

Those who fled, went to Bangladesh. Many Muslims didn’t want to go to Bangladesh. But
ARSA terrorists came in the night and ordered them to leave. Sounds of beating and crying
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were heard as those who refused to leave were beaten. Muslims who remained in the
village said those who fled were unable to stand up against the threats of ARSA. About 130
Muslim households that stayed were those who didn’t make any problems to others. After the
violent incident, the troops came near the village once every three days.

Combined Statements of five Muslim witnesses

Between 2016 and 2017, it was not known if ARSA group
members were in Ngakhuya village. It was heard that they were
in Nga Sar Kyu and Kyet Yo Pyin villages. Around 4AM on
August 25, 2017, the Area 5 police station came under
attack by ARSA terrorists. When dawn broke, three military
trucks were seen. The soldiers arrested people on the road,
going to shrimp ponds and the market. About 15 Muslims from
Ngakhuya (South) village were arrested.

Ngakhuya (north) village soon was on fire and villagers ran

away. Muslims from Ngakhuya (south and middle) villages fled
only after the outbreak of fire in Ngakhuya (north) village. No one saw who started the fire. Of
the more than 100 houses in (north) village, about 80 were consumed by the fire.

There were Muslims who fled to Bangladesh after hearing gun shots and seeing fires burning.
After the 2017 incident, Muslims were threatened with death by ARSA terrorists if they
stayed in Ngakhuya village. The ARSA fighters were trying to get support from other
countries by attacking parts of Rakhine State. In fact, it was not possible to take over any area
and their actions caused more hardship for the villagers. After the conflict, four ARSA
terrorists were heard to have fled to Bangladesh.

By Rick Heizman, February 16, 2020

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