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Rab-15 arrested a Rohingya for smuggling around five lakh yaba pills into the country in Cox’s Bazar on Sunday night.

The military and its brutal practices are an omnipresent fear in Myanmar, while the masses have mounted a nationwide civil disobedience movement.

The soldiers from Myanmar’s army knocked on U Thein Aung’s door one morning last April as he was having tea with friends, and demanded that all of them accompany the platoon to another village. When they reached a dangerous stretch in the mountains of Rakhine state, the men were ordered to walk 100 feet ahead. One stepped on a land mine and was blown to pieces. Metal fragments struck Thein Aung in his arm and his left eye. “They threatened to kill us if we refused to go with them,” said...

news ‘Better to walk through a minefield’: victims of Burma Army speak The Bangkok Post © The Bangkok Post Shwe Yote Hlwar, 5, holds a portrait of her father, Zwe Htet Soe, 26, who was shot and killed while protesting, during his funeral in Yangon, Myanmar, March 5, 2021. The military and its brutal practices are an omnipresent fear in Myanmar, one that has intensified since the generals seized full power in a coup last month. (Photos: The New York Times) The soldiers fro...

  >> Richard C Paddock, The New York Times  Published: 09 Mar 2021 03:27 PM BdST Updated: 09 Mar 2021 03:27 PM BdST A Rohingya boy at the Balukhali refugee camp near Coxs Bazaar, Bangladesh, holds up a drawing about his experiences while fleeing Myanmar, Oct 5, 2017. The New York Times Protesters carry a man who was shot by security forces during a protest in Mandalay, Myanmar, Feb 28, 2021. The New York Times Police and military forces stand by, as tens of thousands of people gather on ...