BBC journalist spontaneously saw that the Rohingya village was set on fire

Fire broke out in a village of Rohingya Muslims

In the last two weeks, the Rohingya Muslims fleeing from the Rakhine State of Myanmar in the last two weeks have come from three districts: Maungdaw, Boothding, and Rathadong.

These three are the last three areas of Myanmar where there is a large number of Rohingya residences in 'free environment'. Besides, a large number of Rohingyas have just displaced Rohingya camps.

It is very difficult to go to these districts, roads are bad - without it, there is a government permit to go. And journalists rarely receive this permit.

The BBC's Jonathan Head reported in a report that recently, as a part of a group of 18 foreign and foreign journalists, they got a rare opportunity to go to Maungdaw district. One problem with this visit is that you can only see the places in which the authorities will let them go.

But sometimes it is such that you can understand a lot in these restrictions.

Gawdu Thar Yaya village fire

Besides, there are some arguments in the government that need to be heard. The Myanmar government now faces a rebellion situation, but many may say that they themselves have created this problem. This ethnic conflict in Rakhine province has a great history, and it is difficult for any government to deal with it.

After reaching Sitwai in Rakhine state capital, the journalists were told that no one can leave the group and work independently. Curfew from 6pm in the evening, so it can not be wandered around. Where journalists want to go, the requests for which journalists want to go are rejected for security reasons. Maybe they were really concerned about safety.

Boothding starts from Seatway for 6 hours. From there, Maungdaw will reach an hour to reach the hill.

Fire burnt villages

Mya thu gi gaam falls on Jarda's path. There I saw the village burnt for the first time. Even the pots are burnt.

The purpose of Myanmar government is to provide an answer to the negative publicity that Rohingya refugees are reporting in Bangladesh about the planned attacks and demolitions.

But these efforts are not working well.

The BBC's Jonathan Head says, "We took our first step to a small school in Maungdaw, where the families of the lost Hindu families, everyone says the same story - the attack on Muslims against them, and then the story of escape from fear".

These pictures are said to show that Muslims are set on fire

But the BBC later recognized that the woman in the picture above came from a Hindu village

"But surprisingly, all the Hindus who fled to Bangladesh are saying that Rakhine Buddhists have attacked them because they look like Rohingyas."

"We were armed police and officials in this school. Could they speak freely?"

"A man began to say how the army fired on their villages, but a neighbor quickly corrected his words."

"A woman wearing an orange blouse and a gray-violet lungi started talking about the attacks of Muslims."

Tint on Colonel Phone - He says all the villages have set fire on Muslims

"After that we were taken to a Buddhist temple where a monk described how Muslims burnt their houses and the pictures of the arson were shown to us."

"Some people wearing hajid white hat are setting fire to a house, women are seen - they are shooting dramatically with swords and posts, lace cloths like tablecloths on their heads."

"After this I saw that one of these women was the Hindu woman of the school - who was describing the torture of excitement, and I saw one among the displaced Hindus in this house burnt men."

"That means, they have taken some false pictures in such a way that Muslims seem to be setting fire to cubes."

The BBC's Jonathan Head says they are also talking about Colonel with Tint. He is the Minister of Local Border Security.

A Buddhist monk says Muslims have burnt their houses

He describes how the Bengali terrorists (Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army rebels
 They describe this way) Rohingya villages have taken control, and the people of the village have been forced to give a man as a warrior from every house. Those who do not believe that their house is being burnt.

The colonel further complained, the rebels said
Mine is pelting and three bridges have been flown.

Jonathan Head asked him, did he mean to say that - all these villages are being burned down - these rebels are doing?

He confirmed that this is the government's statement.

When asked about the atrocities of the army, he overruled it. He said, "Where is the evidence of this?" You look at those women who are demanding this, would they want to rape anyone? "

The Muslims that we could talk to in Maungdaw could not dare to speak to the camera. Let us talk to one of them, ignoring the watchmen's attention. They said, the security forces are not letting them leave the village. They are spending days in food and intense panic.

A young man said that they want to flee to Bangladesh, but their leaders have made an agreement with the authorities so that they can not go away. The Bengali market here is now silent. I asked one person what they were afraid of. "Government" - His answer

The Muslim man in Maungdaw market was told to talk to journalists

Our main destination was Alele Than Kiao outside Maungdaw - a coastal city. Here Arsa rebels attack on August 25th. On the way we saw one village at the same time - all were utterly desolate.

I saw, people went after boat, goats and goats.

Where did no man see?

The city has been completely mixed with soil. I saw a clinic, fencing the fenestra sewnboard, it was also completely destroyed.

We saw the smoke coming out of the four places in the sky, away from the sky. Automatic shuffle sounds are available from. We assume that some other villages are being set on fire.

Police Lieutenant Aung Kwang described how - in the early warning of the attack was given to him.

He described the non-Muslim population to take the barracks for protection, and also said how their people fought and drove against the attackers 'bringing guns, swords and home explosives'.

In this fight, 17 rebels and an immigration officer were killed. Shortly after the Muslim population escaped.

But after two weeks of the attack and in rain, some parts of the city are still facing problems while explaining why the fire is burning. He hesitated and said, maybe some Muslims are still there, and their houses have been set on fire before leaving.

But on the way back from Alle Than Kia, there was an incident for which no one was ready.

We saw that, on the side of the road, the smoke from the tree inside the paddy fields was rising in the sky. Well, the fire has just taken place. We shouted and stopped the car. The car stopped We started running away from our government mate. The police came with us. But they said that going inside the village would not be safe. We went ahead with them.

I heard the sound of burning houses in the fire. The women are clothed in the clothes spread in the ground.

I saw some young men of muscular body, sword and dash in their hands, standing on the road. They were a little confused when 18 journalists came running towards them. They tried so that we could not do their video. Two runners went further into the village, brought out another person and quickly left the place.

They said, they are Rakhine Buddhists. One of our associates talked a little with one of them. They admitted that they set fire to houses with the help of police.

We went ahead. I saw a madrassa - on whose roof it was only set on fire. Books written in Arabic have been thrown out. One plastics jug - the smell of petrol is coming out from it, the roads are on the road.
The name of the village is Gaudu Thar Yaya. It was a Muslim village. The villagers did not see anywhere.

The Rakhine people who set on fire - saw them with lots of things looted from the rooms and went with us in front of the police car.

There are big police barracks near here. But no one tried to stop the fire.