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Friday, March 03, 2006

International border-demarcation neglected to capture smuggling boats for Burmese police’s interests

International border-demarcation neglected to capture smuggling boats for Burmese police’s interests

Friday, March 03, 2006, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh: Accordingly the sources from Bangladesh border area with Arakan state today that- one timber smuggling boat of Arakan state bounding for Bangladesh side in Nef-river was arrested at 2:30 pm today by the Burmese Border Police Force(Na-Sa-Ra). Timber merchants and boat-laborers escaped after jumping in Naf-river bounding to Bangladesh side, the source added.

According to a boat-oil man who escaped to Bangladesh border area said that this timber cargo-boat carrying 80 tons of timber--- bounding to Bangladesh Tek-Naf township from Tong-gup township via Sittwe port already reaches to mouth of Naf-river beyond demarcated river area of Myanmar--- is captured by Burmese Border police Force in Bangladesh river area today. But 8 persons included timber merchant and boat-owner and boat-laborer escape from arrest after jumping down into Naf-river and swimming to Tek-Naf area.
The timber boat with 80 tons timber is already brought-up to Arakan side of Burma back by polices. These police are from Ngakhoung-doe Na-Sa-Ra camp of Moungdaw township.
The prices of timber captured by Burmese Border Police (Na-Sa-Ra) today is about 240 lacs Kyats equivalent to sixteen lacs Taka.

The price of Timber, a production of Arakan Mountain range is 80000 Kyats per one ton at Tong-goup township, and it may be cost 120,000 Kyats at Sittwe Town, the capital city of Arakan state, Myanmar. And this may be surely cost about 300,000 Kyats equivalent to 20,000 Taka of Bangladesh currency if it reaches to Teknaf township of Bangladesh that boat-man says added.
Arakan timber included Teak wood are clear-cut off in Arakan state included Arakan Mountain Range—according to cutting woods under disorderly of SPDC government. Regarding the border marketing goods of legally trading between Myanmar and Bangladesh government are: wasted ironware articles, taffy packages of Snack, and cane and clothing. Rice and timber and teak wood ore ordered as contraband goods by Myanmar governments.

By Arakan National Council – ANC Human Rights Documentation Committee (present Dhaka)

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