June 28, 2017
A villager and a
man suspected of bankrolling terrorist training are both dead, after the
villager’s home was attacked in Phweyar Village, Maungtaw. Mawlawi Umaw Sardec
of Bagonenar village, Maungtaw Township, who was suspected of supporting the
training of terrorists in Rakhine State, died of a heart attack at Maungtaw
hospital Monday night soon after his arrest.
On 17 June,
about 10 masked people entered the house of Armiarli, in-charge of the Tat-Oo
Creek village-tract in Phweyar Village, Maungtaw Township.
Armiarli was
killed after being stabbed several times. The attackers, some of them armed
with guns, ran away when villagers arrived to ward off the attack.
Acting on a
tip-off, a suspect, Marmauk Tawyu, was arrested at Bagonenar Village (middle)
on Sunday morning. As a result of further investigation, a person named Mawlawi
Umaw Sardec, who was allegedly funnelling money to trainees at the terrorist
attack training was seized.
They confessed
that another man, Sawlein, who is living abroad and is under investigation, was
also supporting terroritst training by sending money to Maungtaw.
While
investigating Marmauk Tawyu & Mawlawi Umaw Sardec on Monday, Umaw Sardec had
suffered chest pains and collapsed.
He was brought
to Maungtaw Hospital and pronounced dead at 11:15pm.
A post-mortem
examination revealed that Umaw Sardec died of sudden cardiac arrest, and the
case was being investigated by the investigation tribunal formed by the Myanmar
Police Force, according to the information committee of the Office of State
Counsellor.
Ref; The Global
New Light of Myanmar
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