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Another attack in Sajek:burning-looting occurred by Army-Settlers
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by Changma | February 19, 2010 at 08:29 pm
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Sajek
under Rangamati District is under attack. A few hours ago at midnight
the Settlers with the help of Bangladesh Army attacked on Jumma peoples
village and ashes to burn many houses, looting happened.




The
attack began at 10:30pm. The Jummas fled their homes. There have been
reports of widespread looting. The casualties are yet to be ascertained.
At 11.10pm they set fire atLadumoni Bazar.
Till now at this moment attackinng happening.

We are urging all concern to intervene and give pressure to Bangladesh
Government to take action against the perpetrators.
to know more about CHT please visit: jummonet.blogspot.com

Update on Sajek attack: a charred body recovered

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Update on Sajek attack: a charred body recovered



chtnews.com

News No. 32/2010, February 20, 2010



A charred body of a Jumma woman has been recovered in Guchchagram, bringing the death toll to five. Her identity could not be ascertained.



The casualty figure may rise further, as many still remains unaccounted for.



A report says army have arrested eight Jummas in Mazolong, further east of Baghaihat where the attacks took place. No further details are available.



In another incident, the Bengalee settlers attacked a jeep carrying UPDF supporters to Dighinala at Khagrapur in Khagrachari town.



They were returning home after attending a demonstration in Khagrachari held in protest against the Sajek attack.



One UPDF supporter, Ripon Chakma (25) from Indramacahra village in Dighinala, was badly injured in the attack.



The settlers stopped their vehicle and pulled down five of them from it. After protests, the settlers have been forced to release them.



Tensions have risen in Khagrachari town following the incident.

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Sajek attack leaves 4 dead, scores wounded

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Sajek attack leaves 4 dead, scores wounded



chtnews.com

News No. 31/2010, February 20, 2010



At least four Jumma villagers have been confirmed dead and scores others wounded when the army fired indiscriminately into unarmed civilians without slightest provocation in Sajek under Rangamati district. They also burned burnt to ashes hundreds of houses, including a Buddhist temple and a church, in a number of villages.



The attack began last night when a group of army personnel and illegal Bengalee settlers burnt down 29 houses including 7 shops, a church and a UNDP-run village centre, in two Jumma villages of Gangaram Doar and Retkaba.



The villagers fled into the jungle when the attack took place.



After the first attack, the villagers returned to their villages the next morning and gathered in Gangaram to protest it.



At about 10am the army and settlers went there again and ordered the Jummas to leave the area, but they refused to comply.



At 10:25am the army opened fire into the crowd without any sort of provocation, leaving many dead and wounded. They army also arrested three persons from there.



Another group of trigger-happy army men entered Guchchagram, a cluster village for the Chakmas, across the Kachalong river, while firing from their automatic weapons.



It is still not clear how many people have been killed in the attacks. However, three of the dead have been identified. They are Laxmi Bijoy Chakma, Liton Chakma (30) and Buddhabati Chakma.



Some of the injured are Shanta Shil Chakma, Mrittunjoy Chakma, Sushil Jibon Chakma, Bharat Joti Chakma, Biza Ma Chakma and Rekha Devi Chakma.



Three Jummas -- Dayal Chakma, Chironjeeb Chakma and Nipu Chakma -- are still missing.



The army also attacked Purbo Para village and burnt the houses and Banani Bana Vihar, a Buddhist temple. The abbot of the vihara, Ven. Purnabas Bhikkhu, is missing.



Baghaichari Upazila chairman Sudarshan Chakma and other local Jumma leaders have been barred from visiting the spots. Only the Baghaichari Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) was allowed in.



The local administration has imposed section 144 in the area to prevent Jummas from taking out protest demonstrations.



UPDF and its front organisations have planned for demonstrations in three districts of Khagrachari, Bandarban and Rangamati, and in Dhaka and Chittagong.



Buddhist monks will also take up programmes to protest the barbaric attack in Sajek, a Jumma Bhikkhu in Dhaka told chtnews.com.

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chtnews.com is an independent and voluntary online news service dedicated to projecting and analyzing the current events in the Chittagong Hill Tracts from the perspective of the Jumma people's struggle for the right to self-determination. For further information please contact at: chtnewsonline@gmail.com

Six innocent villagers tortured in Sajek

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Six innocent villagers tortured in Sajek



chtnews.com
News No. 71/2009, June 24, 2009



Six innocent Jummas were tortured in Sajek in Rangamati district during an army raid on a village.



Sources said on 20 June, at 2pm a group of Bangladesh Army soldiers from Baghaihat zone carried out a surprise raid into the village of MSF Para.



The soldiers surrounded the village and began searching for what they said “terrorists”. Finding no ‘terrorist’, the soldiers picked up 6 innocent villagers, took them to the camp and tortured them severely.



They army beat them with stick and gave electric shocks in their bodies.



Five of the torture victims have been identified as Ballya Chakma, 50, of village MSF Para; Chuchyang Naga Chakma, 40, of Bhuachari; Jagadish Chakma, 40, of Karengatoli; Amar Dhan Chakma, 45, of Nakshachari; Kaladhan Chakma, 50, of Gangaram Dore.



The victim whose name could not be known is a friend of Jagadish Chakma, himself a torture victim. Both of them are day labourers.



Ballya Chakma was picked up from his home, while Chuchyang Naga Chakma was arrested while he was on his way to Baghaihat bazaar.



Jagadish Chakma and his friend were preparing to float bundles of bamboo down the river Kachalong to be carried to Kaptai for Karnaphuli Paper Mill, while the army arrested them.



The army arrested Amar Dhan Chakma while he was on his way to Baghaichari Upazila headquarters to draw UNDP’s Village Development Project money from a bank.



Kaladhan Chakma was arrested from his home in Gangaram Dore.



The army released Ballya Chakma, Chuchyang Naga Chakma, Jagadish Chakma and his friend in the evening, the same day, while the rest two were set free the following day.



Baghaihat zone is notorious for carrying out raids, torture and arrest of innocent villagers.



The army takes these repressive measures as part of a general plan to capture land in the area.



In April last year, the settlers burned down hundreds of Jumma houses in ten villages and made a series of attempts to grab land belonging to the Jumma people.



Following the April incident, many human rights organisaitons including International CHT Commission have visited the area. Yet, the conditions have not improved.



Close on the heels of the CHT Commission’s visit last year, the settlers launched further attacks and killed one Ladu Moni Chakma in the most brutal fashion.



A few days ago, the army made a number of arrests in connection with the alleged abduction and murder of a Bengali settler.



Baghaihat zone, under Khagrachari brigade, is commanded by Lt. Col. Anisuzzaman of 14 Bir.

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chtnews.com is an independent and voluntary online news service dedicated to projecting and analyzing the current events in the Chittagong Hill Tracts from the perspective of the Jumma people's struggle for the right to self-determination. For further information please contact at: chtnewsonline@gmail.com

Six Jumma arrested in Sajek

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Six Jummas arrested in Sajek



chtnews.com
News No. 43/2009, May 27, 2009



At least six Jumma villagers have been arrested by army since 10 May over alleged involvement in the killing of two Bengali settlers in Sajek, sources said.



On the night of 10 May, a group of army personnel from Baghaihat zone arrested two Jummas from their houses. Dipayan Chakma age 25 s/o Anil Baran Chakma was arrested from Gattowatuli village while Priya Moy Chakma age 27 s/o Bijoy Karbari from his village Baibachara.



On the night of 21 May, Baghaihat army raided the village of Nakshasuri and arrested Subarna Chakma age 35 s/o Shubha Mohan Chakma.



On 22 May, Mao Satung Chakma s/o Phidikke Chakma was arrested from his village Nangal Mara.



On 25 May, the army arrested Bar Kana Chakma age 30 s/o Aarech Mohan Chakma from Samitry Chara village.



On 26 May, Arun Shanti Chakma age 14 s/o Hiran Chakma Sajek was arrested from his house in Sajek.



A villager from Sajek told chtnews.com that the army was carrying out raids and making arrests of innocent villagers almost daily. “We live in constant fear of arrest” he said requesting anonymity.



On 6 May two settlers were allegedly kidnapped from a tea shop at Gangaram Mukh in Sajek. Their dead bodies were said to have been recovered from the same area four days later on 9 May in mysterious condition.



The army blamed the Jummas for the incident but a Jumma teacher denied the allegation and said it was a deliberate plan of the army and the settlers to create communal tension and capture Jumma’s land of the area.



“The settlers have been trying to find pretexts to launch fresh communal attacks on our villages so that they can grab our lands.” he said requesting anonymity for security reasons.

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chtnews.com is an independent and voluntary online news service dedicated to projecting and analyzing the current events in the Chittagong Hill Tracts from the perspective of the Jumma people's struggle for the right to self-determination. For further information please contact at: chtnewsonline@gmail.com