Maungdaw, Arakan State: A Rakhine village Admin officer of Udaung U Tin Maung collected money from Rohingya villagers after inviting them for a dinner on May 6, Mohin from Maungdaw said.
The village Admin officer delivered invitation letters to all Udaung villagers to participate in the dinner held by him after slaughtering three cows. The village has 900 houses, Mohin said. The village Admin officer told every villager to attend the dinner. Absentees will have to face problem if he/she failed to join in the dinner, according to the villagers who received invitation letters.
Mostly poor villagers attended to the dinner with gifts and money as they feared of arrest and harassment by the Admin officer, as said by villagers.
A village elder said, on condition of anonymity, it is a plan of the village Admin Officer U Tin Maung collecting money from Rohingya villagers with the help of Border Guard Police of Burma.
Villagers who attended the dinner provided money at least Kyat 50,000 to 100,000 per head, where Tin Maung could gain a huge money from the villagers, the elder added.
“This is a kind of lucrative business” said Anwer, a trader from Udaung village.
