AA spokesman accuses regime of ethno-religious incitements in Buthidaung

By Admin 13 Apr 2024

DMG Newsroom
13 April 2024, Buthidaung

U Khaing Thukha, spokesperson for the Arakan Army (AA), has accused Myanmar’s military regime of creating instability and conflict in Buthidaung, Arakan State, in various ways and intentionally working to create religious and ethnic riots.

Myanmar’s military regime provided basic military training to members of the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) and Arakan Rohingya Army (ARA) to fight against the AA, he said.

“This is particularly dangerous because of the regime’s political game, military fraud, and the creation of regional instability and conflict in various forms and purposefully creating religious and ethnic riots,” he added.

U Khaing Thukha said the regime has been training and arming some Muslim militants, deploying them in Buthidaung town and nearby villages, and forcing them to shout hatred against the Arakanese people.

On April 11, the bodies of two Arakanese youths who had been killed in Buthidaung town were found, and the murder was committed by the regime and Muslim militants, he added.

He went on to say that most of the Arakanese people in Buthidaung town fled the town due to threats from the Muslim militants trained and armed by the regime.

U Khaing Thukha also said that Muslims who have been trained and armed by the regime are breaking into homes belonging to Arakanese people in Buthidaung town, stealing valuables and destroying homes.

Some Hindus who remained in Buthidaung were not allowed to go out and were threatened by Muslim armed men, he said.

U Khaing Thukha said some Muslim businessmen and some religious leaders are cooperating with the regime for their own interests.

“Not all Muslims join the regime. I believe that impartial Muslim religious leaders will be able to preserve the Muslim community,” he said.

U Khaing Thukha said the AA will continue to protect the innocent and take action against those who are guilty.