Arakan News Agency
Rohingya villagers those who spoke to the Kofi Annan Commission were detained. Women and children were reportedly beaten indiscriminately on the same day in northern Maungdaw Township.
Officials from Maungdaw Township came to Kyari Farang village and were reported to have forced many villagers to leave or flee.
As the delegation led by Kofi Annan arrived in the village. Some Rohingya men, women and children were able to meet and talk with them. While there were soldiers escorting the delegation other groups of soldiers were stationed through the village and some were waiting in the mountains of a nearby village.
Once the delegation left the village military in the village moved in and began arresting men in the village and beating women and children indiscriminately, according to a local villager. The villager said three of the village elders were detained at this time.
While the soldiers were beating the women and children a villager ran to catch up to the delegation’s cars and was able to catch up to them near Ngan Chaung village. He reported the incident to a member of the Arakan State Advisory Commission. A member of the Commission assured him that Commission will inform the authorities and that things would be stable.
