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Case Number

20241124GI

Case Date of Filing

24/11/2024

Suspected/Known Time of Incident

Local Time and Date: time unknown, 10/04/2019

 

GMT/Zulu Time and Date: time unknown, 10/04/2019

Case Researcher(s)

Rebecca Gill

Summary

Myanmar military raided Let Kar village in Mrauk-U on 10th April 2019, detaining 27 villagers for questioning on their alleged association with the Arakan Army. By April 22nd, three of the men had died, with a military-owned newspaper attributing this to ‘heart failure’. While the other 24 detainees remained in custody and were taken to Sittwe police station, the bodies of the three victims were transferred to Sittwe hospital and then cremated at Sittwe cemetery without the families’ permission. The families were also not allowed to see the bodies beforehand, raising suspicions of torture. Whether or when the other detainees were released is not known.

Case Location

Let Kar village, Mrauk-U

Sittwe, Mrauk-U

 

Latitude/Longitude (WGS84):

20.149444, 92.8775

 

Town/Region/Country:

Sittwe city, Mrauk-U, Myanmar (Burma)

 

Individual Incident Locations:

Potential location 1

20°08'58"N 92°52'39"E

Arkyeiktaw cemetery, location of cremation stacks, where the bodies were allegedly burned

 

Case Location Evidence Below:

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/4/26/outcry-mounts-over-deaths-in-custody-in-myanmars-rakhine-state

 

https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/men-died-army-detention-cremated-without-families-knowledge.html

Casualties

Total Suspected/Known Number of Casualties:

03

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Injured:

unknown

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Fatalities in Incident:

03

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Fatalities in Grave:

unknown

 

Further Casualty Information:

Age Range: 25, 35, 41

Genders: Males

Ethnicity/ies: ethnic Rakhine

 

Casualty Evidence Below:

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/4/26/outcry-mounts-over-deaths-in-custody-in-myanmars-rakhine-state

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Suspected or Known Aggressors

Group/Tribe/Militia/Organisation:

Myanmar military

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Suspected/Known Quantity of Participants:

unknown

 

Aggressor Evidence Below:

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