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To the Editor
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Save "Rohingyas”
Sir. Nobody I believe has yet clearly stated the pathetic-history of the unprotected Muslims of Arakan, known as Rohingyas. Those people had to become aliens in their own soil today. Through an analyti cal comment of the available history of the minority, it is vividly found that nowhere the minorities are so inhumanly treated as In Burma.
More than seventeen times, illegal armed operations against them had been conducted as a pretext for Inquiries under immigration acts. In recent days, an appeal issued by the Bangladesh association of human rights expressed the genocide of Arakanese Muslims as a matter of grave concern for the world communities. This requires urgent attention, otherwise. I understand, the Burmese rulers will eliminate the Muslims of Arakan.
The new Rohingya refugee-exodus Into Bangladesh started from Jan 91, and now their number has crossed 70,000. Similar lo those of the Palestinians in Israel and Kash-miries, the problem of the Rohingyas arc the result of forcible dispossession of their population and their expulsion from their homeland by nwuns of persecution and genocide.
The recent tactics adopted by the Burmans and "Mughs" (Hakhlnc) jointly aim at annihilation the Muslims, at the final stage, through destruction of age-old settlement and usurping all their economic resources. blocking business sources and movement from one district to another district.
Dhaka Is fully committed Io peace and amity with neighbours. It wants peaceful solution of the issue.
On the other hand, according to dally reports, many refugees have died due to starvation and diseases in the couple of days. It Is learnt, the death toll might rise If food stuff, medicare and clothes were not timely reached. The government should give utmost priority to shelter the refugees providing them needful necessities immediately.
The government, on repatriation and solution, may not have an easy Job on hand.
But these Burmese citizens must be recognised unequivocally like other national groups in Burma. They had rich historical heritage and glorious past and, are a separate elhnic communlty In Arakan, with distinct religion, culture, civilisation and language of their own. The Arakan, was once a land of Muslims, a sultanate state, but was later occupied by the "Maghs" who in turn invited Burmese king Bodaw Pya in 1784. Since Burma attained independence In 1948, it was turned out to be a curse and hell for the "Rohingyas . About 1.2 million Rohingyas so far had been expelled and arc wandering as uncared for refugees in many countries of the world, particularly. Bangladesh. India, Pakistan, the Middle-East, Thailand and Malaysia
The land of these Arakanese Muslims must not be depleted Thc exodus should be stopped. Security and solution must be met thereon. The existence of the Muslims of Arakan must be safeguarded.
A. Kamal
Momin Hoad, Chittagong
Finance Act 1991
Str, I refer you to the letter of Mr Anisur Rahman on Finance Act 1991 published In your paper on 31st December last Frankly speaking, by his letter Mr Rahman has ex pressed not only his views on the matter, but he has very cogently expressed ihe views of many others' Indeed the new Section 53 H In the Income Tax Act has placed a transferor of property in a great predicament and he has now become a sufferer to the extreme. being forced Io more financial difficulties, harassments and loss of time. There is a popular saying "the wearer best knows where the shoe pinches”. So a seller knows how and to what degree the new Section 53 H has added to his sufferings.
Mr Rahman has rightly said that after registration, collection of tax will pose a great problem and in many cases become impossible. This will happen particularly in the case of holders of Joint property. The delay in obtaining the TP certificate from the Income Tax officer was attributed by the Finance Minister as the reason for enacting Section 53 H and as explained by Mr Rahman this can well be solved by prescribing a time limit, say two months, by which the ITO must issue the TP certificate
Agreeing with Mr Rahman we suggest abolition of Section 53 H.
Moniruxzaman Green Road, Dhaka.