January
12, 2017
In
a news article posted on the RB News website on 10 January, it was written that
government forces arrested Kori Mullar, son of Shahalar Tular, at the village
of Kyarkhaungtaung in Maungtaw township, Rakhine State, beat him and asked him
to show the hiding places of weapons.
He was further told that he could pay
Ks10 lakhs if he did not want to be tortured. In reply to their alleged
demands, the accused was said to have paid Ks10 lakhs to the authority
concerned.
Departmental
officials, military officers and border guard police investigated Kori Mullar
in the presence of village elders and villagers. Kori Mullar said that he was
neither beaten nor asked for money. He made a statement of his own and signed
it, investigators said. The Office of the Commander-in-Chief of the Defence
Service released the news that no injuries or bruises were found on the body of
Kori Mullar.
Ref;
The Global New Light of Myanmar
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