A/HRC/39/CRP.2
and other items. However, they again encountered the Tatmadaw and a number were shot
and killed as they tried to flee.1838
833. Despite the difficulties in calculating the exact number of Rohingya villagers killed
during the “clearance operation” in Gu Dar Pyin, Rohingya community volunteers have
compiled lists from discussions with villagers who managed to escape the violence. They
estimate that 243 persons were killed in the course of the operation. 1839 While the Mission
cannot confirm the accuracy of the list, it is consistent with information received that large
numbers of people died.
Koe Tan Kauk
834. Koe Tan Kauk (known in Rohingya as Ko Tan Kaung) is a village tract in Rathedaung
Township, with a shoreline along the Bay of Bengal, bordering the southernmost tip of
Maungdaw. The village tract contained four villages, two Rohingya and two ethnic Rakhine.
The largest Rohingya village of Koe Tan Kauk (known in Rohingya as Dun Say Para) had
approximately 1,000 households.1840 The village tract contained two IDP settlements, both of
which housed Rohingya who were internally displaced from elsewhere in Rathedaung in
2012.1841 Within the village tract there was a military compound and a BGP post. 1842
835. As the location of one of the 9 October 2016 ARSA attacks, 1843 Koe Tan Kauk had
been under constant surveillance. This included an increased military presence, resulting in
continued and increased oppression of villagers. 1844 In November 2016, torture and mass
arrests were carried out as a reprisal for the community engaging with the United Nations
Resident Coordinator.1845 Tensions increased further in August 2017, with threatening
meetings demanding that villagers accept the National Verification Card.1846 Credible reports
indicate that the 33rd LID arrived in the village tract around this time, 1847 and may have been
responsible for beating one man, who died a few days later. 1848 By mid-August 2017, two
navy boats were also stationed off the shore of Koe Tan Kauk. 1849
836. On 25 August 2017, around 4am, the Tatmadaw alleged that two ARSA attacks took
place in Koe Tan Kauk village tract.1850 Gunshots were heard by residents of both Koe Tan
Kauk1851 and nearby Chein Khar Li.1852 The Government did not report any casualties;
however, it noted that seven ARSA members were killed. 1853
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CI-103, YI-015.
K-154.2.
QI-113, K-158.3, K-158.4.
RI-002, RI-003.
CI-116, CI-137, LI-100, YI-007.
See this chapter, section D.1.c: Arakan Rohingya Salavation Army.
CI-118, CI-119, CI-181, CI-182, LI-045, LI-053, LI-118.
See this chapter, section D.1.c: Arakan Rohingya Salavation Army.
CI-181, CI-182, CI-183.
CI-181, CI-182, LM-014, V-067.
CI-181, CI-182.
LI-045, LI-052, LI-053, LI-100, QI-113.
Information Committee reported that ARSA attacked the Koe Tan Kauk police station at 4:50 a.m.;
“[t]he military columns arrived… at 5:15 a.m. and returned fires [sic],” killing six attackers. Information
Committee,
“Breaking
News
2,”
(Facebook
post,
25
August
2017),
https://www.facebook.com/InfomationCommittee/posts/785202504986191
CI-116, LI-100.
CI-014, CI-030, CI-031, CI-137, CI-181, QI-003.
Information Committee, “Breaking News 2” (Facebook post, 25 August 2017),
https://www.facebook.com/InfomationCommittee/posts/785202504986191