A/HRC/39/CRP.2 bribe, others transferred to Buthidaung prison. One interviewee was told by a police officer that his name was on a list of persons “who pass information to the international community”. The police officer said that he had received orders “from higher authorities” to monitor and report on him and asked him to pay a bribe. 1345 Fear of arrest meant that many Rohingya mostly stayed at home or in hiding when security forces approached their village. 1346 Rohingya started suffering from hunger, especially children. 1347 (b) Sittwe violence – June 2012 641. It is estimated that before the June 2012 violence Sittwe town was home to about 73,000 Muslims (Rohingya and Kaman), about half of the total population. 1348 642. Soon after violence commenced in Maungdaw on 8 June 2012, there was violence in Sittwe, more than 100 kilometres to the south. 1349 Most of the violence took place in the first few days. According to the report of the Rakhine Inquiry Commission, the violence in Sittwe led to the death of 11 Rakhine and 24 Rohingya as well as the destruction of 666 Rakhine houses and 2,967 Rohingya houses.1350 The actual scale of casualties and destruction in Sittwe is believed to be much higher. 643. The violence saw the burning and looting of houses, murders, summary executions and large-scale displacement affecting both ethnic Rakhine and Muslims. The majority of the Muslim population of Sittwe town was displaced by the violence. Six years on, most still live in displacement camps and sites built in the Sittwe countryside, totally segregated from the ethnic Rakhine population. Aung Mingalar, often referred to as a “Muslim ghetto”, is the only remaining Muslim area in Sittwe town. 1351 644. Given its lack of access to Myanmar, the Mission has not been able to gather sufficient information on the violence perpetrated against ethnic Rakhine in Sittwe in June 2012. According to credible reports, groups of Muslims carried out arson attacks against houses of ethnic Rakhine and monasteries.1352 This warrant further investigation. Involvement of security forces 645. The security forces played an active role in the violence against Muslims in Sittwe, often attacking them and their houses alongside ethnic Rakhine. 1353 In other cases, security forces provided support to Rakhine who were leading the attacks1354 or refused to assist Muslims who sought their protection.1355 One Kaman interviewee who sought protection was told by the security forces that they could not assist in the absence of an instruction from higher authorities.1356 Similarly, a Rohingya interviewee explained that, on 10 June, a large group of ethnic Rakhine attacked his village and Rohingya families took shelter in a house. They called the police for assistance but, when the officer understood that they were Rohingya, he hung up.1357 Murders and summary executions 646. Ethnic Rakhine, police officers and Tatmadaw soldiers killed Muslims in Sittwe in June 2012. In the majority of cases, ethnic Rakhine killed their victims with large knives, 1358 1345 1346 1347 1348 1349 1350 1351 1352 1353 1354 1355 1356 1357 1358 CI-061 DI-025. DI-009, DI-054, DI-075. V-237 CI-096; K-076.9.15. Inquiry Commission on Sectarian Violence in Rakhine State, Final report (July 2013). See this chapter, section B.2.d: Specific restrictions in central Rakhine State. KI-076.9.01, KI-076.18. CI-066, CI-086, CI-166, DI-020, DI-023, DI-035, DI-049, DI-050, DI-055. CI-069, CI-086. CI-066, CI-166. CI-166, V-166. CI-066. CI-066, CI-075, CI-078, CI-086, CI-097, DI-020, DI-049, DI-050. 151