Kyauktaw Twsp villager reported missing

By Khin Tharaphy Oo 26 May 2020

Khin Tharaphy Oo | DMG
26 May, Kyauktaw

A resident of Daung Taw Yoe village in Kyauktaw Township, Arakan State, has gone missing after leaving home to gather vegetables at a nearby cemetery on May 23, family members said.

U Saw Win Maung, 54, left for the Mro cemetery east of the village, and had not been seen since, a family member told DMG.

“He earns income for the family by selling vegetables he gets. Some people said they heard sounds of gunfire from 376 Light Infantry Battalion [LIB]. We do not know exactly,” said Daw Khaing Nu, the elder sister of U Saw Win Maung.

Local residents reported U Saw Win Maung’s disappearance to LIB No. 376 on May 24 but they were not allowed to approach within 500 yards of the battalion building to search for the missing man, said a resident of Daung Taw Yoe village who did not want to reveal their name.

“They said they would shoot women or men if we enter the prohibited area,” the villager said.

U Maung Han Nu, the administrator of Daung Taw Yoe village, said there had not been any recent clashes near the village and that U Saw Win Maung’s disappearance was the first case of its kind in the village.

“We are searching for him everywhere he used to frequent,” said U Maung Han Nu, who added that he had reported the missing person case to the Kyauktaw Township administrator.