Interviewer: May I know your name please? Rohingya Man: My name is U Tin Shwe. A: Where do you live place? B: I am from Myo Thu Gee village/ward. Interviewer: when did this riot break out in Myo Thu Gee? Rohingya Couple: It's on 10.6.12 at 12:00. Inerviewer: Can you tell me please about this violence? Rohingya Couple: There were Monks, the village heads who threw with broken bricks to us. The crowd was made up of almost 3000 people. This crowd surrounded our home and threw with stone after that they invaded into our home and looted all of our properties by cars collaborating with monks and Rakhine. Then, they went upstairs and when they found my wife they attacked her with spears and set fire on her and robbed gold. (She got major injury). They were not satisfied after getting gold and did slaughter to her head with knife. (The couple is showing theirs wounds). Interviewer: Can you show me your wound please? Rohingya Couple: Here this is when they attacked with spears. Interviewer: Oh! It penetrated your arm on the spot. Rohingya Couple: Yes yes. It did. Here is the wound of fire on my hand. Here is the wound on my head resulted from being beaten with steel rod. Interviewer: How about you, brother? Rohingya Couple: Its here (showing his hand). This is  effect from being slaughted by knife. They slaughtered my mom and my aunt's body into two pieces. Interviewer: And? Rohingya Couple: They pulled out them from upstairs to the ground and did slaughter to make two pieces. This crowd did. So both of my mom and aunt died. I have two twins (son). One was attacked at the eyes and the other was slaughtered on the head. My neighbor slaughtered him at the head making into two pieces horizontally. He was brought to the hospital with me, He did not die. But the police kill him with spears. He was brought to no.1 police station. (a hmat tit). He was asked that whose son was he. And when they (police and the crowd) know he is Musar's son (my son), they beat him to death accusing him that he is Musar's son who set fire. They killed him. Interviewer: So, you were accused of setting fire? Rohingya Couple: Yes.yes. But I did not do it. Interviewer:  So why did they to did like that is Muslim set fire, is it? Rohingya Couple: No No. We Muslim did not do it. In this village, there are only 3 Muslim homes. My home is the amidst of Rakhine's. In my homes, our relative and neighbors were hiding at the mezzanine. But they pulled out every body and kill them with various weapons such as knives, rods and spears. When security forces reached, they (the crowd) were keeping killing to us in front of them. But, army helped us once they reach. They brought us to hospital. Interviewer: So I want to ask you a question. They did beat you in front of security forces and police, is it? Rohingya Couple: Yes, yes. In front of security forces. First, we were calm down and did not do anything as this forces arrived. So we left our gold and money and bags as it is because securities were around. Interviewer: So, was this violence in front of police and securities? Rohingya Couple: Yes yes, in front of them. The crowd beat us with knives. Our neighbors guided the persons from other villages who beat us and robbed. The chairman of our ward "U Ngwe Kyaw" himself involved in this case. Still now, we can show our neighbors now who was involved. They took all of our properties with cars. U can ask every body. I do business with the person from Yangon. Interviewer: Let's say, if the situation would be better and become cool, oh I noted that you had shop right? Rohingya Couple: Now it has been destroyed and demolished. We have 4 shops. All the properties from shops had been occupied by them. When we were hospitalized, the village head himself informed this mob who came to hospital long sward to kill us. So we had to live in the dark room of the hospital. Interviewer: Dark room in the hospital? Rohingya Couple: Of course. We had to live. They came along with sword to finish all of our family. They intended to kill us. But we did not die. The doctor U Thane Htun Aung said why you brought this kalar (blacky) here, why you have not finished them. They told it into English language because we understand both Rakhine and Myanmar language. Interviewer: Let's say, if the situation would be better and become cool, do you have a will to live in your home again and to open your shops? Rohingya Couple: If we would live again, according to condition we do not think it will be ok. They will loot our properties again. Only 3 Muslim homes are here in the amides of Rakhine.

• published: 18 Aug 2012
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