I am Kyaw Kyaw Naing,

the Hindu leader in Maungdaw Township,

Rakhine State, Myanmar
Interviewed at the special historic
Hindu Temple in Khan Maung Seik,
January 16, 2018

Many of the Hindu minority live in the villages

around here and we built this temple a long time
ago. Also, now, there are many Bengali Muslims
living around here, more and more all the time.
They look like us - we are all Bengali-speaking -
but they bring all kinds of trouble to us. They
always say their Muslim religion is the best, and
all of us Hindus are infidel idol worshippers. Sometimes they kill Hindu people - for no
reason.

The Bengalis intend to make this land a Muslim-only Islamic State. They do not want
any of us Hindus or Buddhists here, and they want to kill us all. That is why some
Hindus leave here to go someplace safer, like Sittwe, or Yangon or another city.

Recently, our Hindu population was devastated when nearly 100 Hindus were executed
by Bengali Muslims on August 25, 2017.

Now there are only about 15 Hindus left around here - we have no future here.

The Hindu temple is quite interesting. Rather than some of the Hindu deities that you
would expect in a Hindu temple, it has a single large statue of Buddha. The Hindus here
worship Buddha, as well. They like the Buddhist people and get along with them fine,
and have brought Buddha into their pantheon of deities. Similarly, Buddhists in Myanmar
have integrated Ganesh, the lovable Elephant god into their pantheon.

[Two armed soldiers accompanied us to this site, because the day before, just one mile
from here, ARSA terrorists attacked 6 Buddhists fishing on the river. The border with
Bangladesh is very close.]

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 A Hindu man from Taung Ywa Village,
one of the Kha Maung Seik villages,
Maungdaw Township,
Rakhine State, Myanmar
Interviewed Sept 2, 2017

[A Hindu man was one of the only

survivors of a Hindu village in Rakhine
State, in which the Islamic terrorists
herded the people together and tortured
and executed almost everybody -
women, children, men and elderly. He
survived because he had been staying in
the town of Maungdaw, several hours
away that evening.]

[This interview was conducted by my colleagues Ko Ba Aye and Ko Than Shwe, who
were some of the first people into Kha Maung Seik after the horrendous executions]

We, the people of Taw Ywar Village, with over 100 people, were killed by Bengali
Terrorists. Four members of my family were killed here. They KILLED us.

They took all our belongings as well as some jewelry and destroyed our family photos
and monastery photos as you can see. I am a volunteer helper for the monastery.

At that time, I was in Maungdaw and that’s why I survived. The rest of my family were
all slaughtered by Bengali Terrorists. And one of my family members, my brother-in-
law’s wife was kidnapped and taken to Bangladesh by those terrorists along with 8
women. We still haven’t heard any news about her.

When I arrived home just now, I could see it has been destroyed. The photos of my
family and the monastery are all ruined.That’s all I got after I have come here at great
danger as I would like to see my home no matter what. Four people out of my five
family members were killed and one was taken to Bangladesh and the only one who is
left here is me.

There were 120 people who were killed by Bengali terrorists in this village. When I heard
about the massacre I searched for our people with the help of the police and the port
office. U Ni Maw who is from a village nearby us in Maungdaw Township went to Sittwe
and asked for help from the officials. So we went into the woods with many people and
searched for the victims.

On the first day of searching, we found 28 dead bodies including both adults and
children. The dead body of my mother, YaKaMa, was one of them. We also found other
Hindu people. We know they are Hindu people, looking at the bracelets and necklaces
they are always wearing as is the custom. Hindu women also wear the Sari as is their
custom.
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Q – So how many members of your family were killed?
A – My mother, father, younger brother and my daughter. Altogether four people from
my family.

Q – How about your wife?

A – She survived. We both visited Maungdaw at that time and survived from that
massacre. The rest were all killed. The ones who were not killed by them were taken
to Bangladesh by the Bengali Muslims. Bengalis raped and took 8 women, one of
them was our family member. She is my brother-in-law’s wife.

Q – Now that you arrived home, how do you feel?

A – I found the dead bodies of my family members when I arrived home. I really cannot
accept that Bengali Terrorists enter and live in our Buddhist and Hindu country. If I
see any Bengali in our Rakhine region, I feel I would like to suck their blood until
they die, rather than killing them. My anger is very big like that.

These Bengali terrorists are always giving trouble to us. They are intruding into our
country with the intention to conquer it. When they kill Hindu people, they think they are
doing their duty and shouting their Muslim words while killing our Hindu people. Hindu
women who were kidnapped by them told us like that. So we came here to search for
dead bodies and found 45 bodies.

The rest still cannot be found and we are still searching for our Hindu people. With the
help of Port officials, security forces, and U Ni Maw, we are still searching.

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 Kyaw Kyaw Naing,
Hindu Community Leader in Maungdaw Township,
Rakhine State, Myanmar
Interviewed in Maungdaw, Jan 17, 2018

Hindu Leader Kyaw Kyaw Naing tells of being

kidnapped by Bengali Muslims

[We were at the border fence between Bangladesh and

Myanmar. All of a sudden Kyaw Kyaw Naing climbs over
the fence, and back in about 30 seconds -
He just wanted to show us how easy it is, and how
useless the fence is.

He said he learned to climb the fence when he was

kidnapped.
I said, 'Kidnapped?!?!' Tell us the story……]

I was kidnapped on April 25, 2016, at 1:15 in the

morning and taken by boat across the wide Naf River,
behind me, to Bangladesh, in the darkness. I had to
climb over this fence in the darkness at knifepoint. They
knew that I was leader of the Hindu minority, and that
the Hindus would have to come up with big money to get
me back.

I was taken to what seemed like a terrorist training camp. I was beaten everyday for 8
days, and told that they would cut off my head if money did not come. They said that
the Hindu people were a problem for the Bengalis because the Hindus get along with the
Buddhists, and interact with each other.

I had to call my brother in Myanmar, and he had to collect money from our poor Hindu
villages. On day 9 he arrived with the money (over $10,000 USD) and I was freed.
They gave me bandages and medicine for my wounds, and told me that I should stay in
the hospital for a few days - but I didn’t even want to spend any more time, even one
more second in Bangladesh. The Bangladesh police notified the Myanmar officials
and I got back to my family and village later on the 9th day.

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