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Another UPDF activist arrested in Pujgang

Hill Watch Human Rights Forum
NEWS No. 17/2007, June 02, 2007

Another United People's Democratic Front activist has been arrested by
military personnel in Pujgang, about 40 kilometers north of
Khagrachari town.

Dhongo Chakma age 22 was arrested at around 1 pm on 29 May 2007, the
day UPDF leader Milton Chakma was picked up from Chengi Bridge in
Khagrachari town.

He is from Jitendra Para village of Tarabunia under Panchari Thana
(sub-district) and his father's name is Bishwamoy Chakma and mother's
name Chandra Shova Chakma.

No further details about his arrest are available.

Due to state of emergency now in force in the country, all the offices
of the UPDF remain closed and most of the UPDF leaders and activists
have gone into hiding.

While the military-backed interim government of Dr. Fakruddin Ahmed
has continued its crackdown on corrupt politicians much to the relief
of the common citizens, the military in CHT are hugely misusing the
emergency power equating corrupt Bengali politicians and businessmen
with the Jumma rights defenders.

At least 14 UPDF and 7 JSS members have been arrested so far since the
declaration of state of emergency on 11 January this year.

This news is also available at http://jumwatch.blogspot.com/

7-day remand for Milton Chakma

Hill Watch Human Rights Forum
NEWS No. 18/2007, June 04, 2007

The United People's Democratic Front (UPDF) leader Milon Chakma, who
was arrested on 29 May in Khagrachari, has been placed on 7-day
remand.

A court in Rangamati ordered his remand for interrogation in
connection with the death of an army officer in Ghilachari under
Rangamati district in December last year. Milton Chakma has been
implicated in this case after his arrest.

He will be produced before the court again on 11 June. Advocate Dulal
Kanti Dey, who is acting as his legal counselor, will submit a bail
prayer on his behalf.

Milton's wife Sumana Chakma told the HWHRF from Rangamati by telephone
that he was neither tortured nor interrogated during military custody.
She feared that the joint forces may use torture during the remand
period to extract false confession from him.

This news is also available at http://jumwatch.blogspot.com/