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2 Rohingya leaders go shopping for terror in Indonesia

By Zakir Hussain, Indonesia Bureau Chief In Jakarta TWO Rohingya leaders travelled to Indonesia recently to meet hardline groups in the hope of enlisting their support and assistance. The militants were in the market for more fighters, guns, cash and bomb-making instructors. The pair were identified as cleric Abu Arif and militant commander Abu Shafiyah, linked to the Rohingya Solidarity Organisation (RSO). They reportedly said that some 300 Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar have been undergoing military training in Rakhine state to step up retaliatory attacks against Buddhists who had been persecuting them. The visit, announced on the radical Ar Rahmah Media Network website, is another sign that Myanmar's sectarian clashes are spilling beyond its borders. http://www.stasiareport.com/the-big-story/asia-report/indonesia/story/2-rohingya-leaders-go-shopping-terror-indonesia-20130711#sthash.emvEbGTw.xYhMoBCk.dpuf

Alert to States on ISI drive among 'Rohingyas'

By Express News Service - NEW DELHI 10th July 2013 09:42 AM  Concerned over reports of the Pakistani Inter-Services Intelligence agency-backed attempts by the Harkat-ul-Jihad(HuJI) and Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) terror outfits to recruit the ‘Rohingyas’ to avenge the ongoing communal strife in Myanmar, intelligence agencies have issued an alert to the border states. Sources said the inputs received by the agencies suggest that the ISI is facilitating the recruitment of vulnerable ‘Rohingyas’ and providing training to the terror recruits in the camps run by the LeT, with active HuJi support. “Since 2012, several thousand ‘Rohingyas’  illegally entered the Indian territory through Bangladesh and are staying at several cities demanding refugee status. Given the fact that the LeT and HuJI called for revenge in Myanmar, there could be serious security implications for India,” sources said. In the wake of the Bodh Gaya serial blasts, security agencies have asked the

Two Bangladesh nationals detained in Yangon

( Yangon, 11 July 2013) : Two Bangladeshi nationals have been detained by the Yangon police on Tuesday with suspicions of hiding identities. The detained Bangladeshi nationals have been identified as Parsujait Barua, 27 (Bangladeshi passport no  Ae-4674854)  and Antar Barua, 29 (Bangladeshi passport no Ac-9257706), said a police official. The Burmese police caught them from a hotel named Palo in Pabedan township of Yangon, the former capital of Burma, at 2 pm, while they were taking rest.  The police suspect that they pretended to be monks for some tricks. According to the police source, both the Bangladeshi nationals had arrived in Yangon at around 9 am of 9 July via Bangkok following the invitation from a Muslim couple in the city. The visiting nationals were suspected to be sent to Malaysia. The police are now looking for the Muslim couple but they are yet to trace the couple. The detained Bangladeshi nationals entered Burma wearing monk’s robs, but they put

214 Bangladesh and 6 Myanmarese detained from a Malaysia bound trawler

( Teknaf, 10 July 2013): The Bangladesh authority has detained 214 Bangladesh and 6 Myanmar nationals from a Malaysia-bound trawler in the Bay of Bengal, said a report published in The Daily Star, a popular English daily from Dhaka. Quoting the Bangladesh officials, the report said that members of Bangladesh Coast Guard on Monday detained 220 people including six Myanmarese from the trawler after seizing it, some five kilometers off the Saint Martin’s Island under Teknaf  in Cox’sbazar district of Bangladesh. The patrol team of Bangladesh Coast Guard seized the trawler with suspicion, said Saint Martin’s Coast Guard Station Commander MA Newaz. The station commander Newaz also disclosed that the detainees had confessed about their destination as being Malaysia, though they did not have legal documents. The detainees were scheduled to be handed over on Tuesday, as the weather was not favourable  on Monday, informed Mohammad Farhad, officer-in-charge of Teknaf Poli

Army officer, lady relative arrested for possessing bullets in Arakan

( Kyauk Taw, 9 July 2013) : A senior Army officer with a woman have been arrested by the police in Kyauk Taw township of Arakan State for allegedly possessing hundreds of bullets. The authority had first detained Ma Aye Kyi from Landmadaw ward of Kyauk Taw township and following her exposes, the police arrested Army corporal Kyaw Wai from Light Infantry Battalion 374 based in the township, said local police personnel and villagers. The lady Ma Aye Kyi from the village at upper Kalandan river was caught by the police as she was found with 300 bullets with the intention to sell those in a nearby a village. The Kyauk Taw township women’s network had received prior information that  Ma Aye Kyi was going to sell various items like swords, knifes, slingshots, arrows to the residents of Paik Thay Muslim village. Ma Hla May, president to Kyauk Taw township women’s network revealed that those illegal small arms were prepared by Ma Aye Kyi’s blacksmith father U Tha Hla.

Buddhist farmer murdered in southern Arakan

( Thandwe, 11 July 2013): An Arakanese Buddhist farmer was murdered in the recent unrest that broke out in Thandaw town of Arakan, said the relative and police officials. The victim has been identified as U Win Myint (alias) Nyi Lay, 38 (son of U San Pe from Shwe Hlay Thapru Chi village in Thandwe Township), who was born without a hand. According to the police report, U Win Myint was killed by some goons who cut his throat when he was sleeping in his hut located near Thapru Chi Taungpaw village under Outnet Maw village tract in Thandaw township in the early morning of 10 July. His aunty Daw Khin Khin Nyo, 52, found the body with pool of blood on a bamboo bedstead in the hut in wee hours as she went there for agricultural works, the report said. Soon Daw Khin Khin Nyo registered a case in the Shwe Lay police station at 9:45 am describing the incident. A day after the incident, the Arakan State police department in Sittwe had released a press note on the incident wher

Monks protest Bodh Gaya attack

About 300 monks and disciples rallied at the United Nations and the Indian embassy in Bangkok on Wednesday demanding safety for the historic Bodh Gaya temple complex in India after bomb attacks on Sunday. Monks from Thailand and other countries rally at the United Nations on Ratchadamneon Avenue on Wednesday calling for safety at the Bodh Gaya temple complex in India. (Photo by Chanat Katanyu) The protesters, most of them monks from 10 countries and led by the World Fellowship of Buddhists, held placards and banners condemning the attackers. They submitted a letter to the UN and the Indian government urging better protection for the Unesco World Heritage site and the Mahabodi shrine in Bihar state, also in India. In Sri Lanka, local and foreign monks also protested outside the Indian High Commission in Colombo, demanding extra security for the shrine in India. Monks from Thailand, Laos, Myanmar, Bangladesh and Vietnam, along with Sri Lankan monks, demonstra

2 hurt in blasts at one of Buddhism's holiest sites in India

New Delhi (CNN) -- A series of small bombs went off in and around a world-famous Buddhist temple in eastern India Sunday, injuring two people, authorities said. Four of the eight explosions occurred at the Mahabodhi temple complex, a UNESCO World Heritage site in Bihar state that houses a tree where Buddha is believed to have attained enlightenment. The temple itself was not damaged. The other four blasts hit other sacred locations around Mahabodhi, said Bihar police official S.K. Bhardwaj. A 50-year-old Tibetan and a 30-year-old Myanmar national were injured in the attack, Bhardwaj said. While no one took responsibility for the attack, suspicion fell on the home-grown Islamist group Indian Mujahideen, Bhardwaj said. The group, designated as a foreign terrorist organization by the U.S. State Department, is blamed for dozens of deadly bomb explosions throughout India since 2005.  http://edition.cnn.com/2013/07/07/world/asia/india-temple-blasts/index.html

Indian media: Blasts at Buddhist shrine could have been prevented

Buddhist monks in Allahabad city held a vigil against the blasts in Bodh Gaya Media in India feel better intelligence and policing could have prevented the serial blasts at a Buddhist shrine in the eastern state of Bihar. Two people were injured in nine explosions at the Bodh Gaya temple complex, one of the holiest Buddhist shrines, on Sunday in what India's home ministry called a possible terror attack. The Asian Age , in an editorial, says "the nine serial blasts… should never have occurred if India's security template was half as good as it pretends to be". The Hindustan Times says "terrorists shattered the peace of the world-renowned Mahabodhi temple and surrounding pilgrim spots in Bodh Gaya… despite numerous intelligence alerts of such an attack". "That the terrorists slipped through and managed to plant at least eight bombs despite such

Multiple blasts at Buddhist sites in Bodh Gaya must be taken as a warning

Eight synchronised blasts at Buddhist holy sites in Bodh Gaya leave no doubt that they were targets of a terror attack. All the more so because intelligence inputs have been received, over the last six months, of the Mahabodhi temple complex being on a target list for terrorists. That the terrorists slipped through and managed to plant at least eight bombs despite such warnings only highlights the inefficiency of the police and the security apparatus. The only saving grace is that the multiple blasts took place early in the morning on a Sunday, limiting injuries to two. Authorities, however, must not derive solace from that fact but rather redouble efforts to capture the perpetrators. The history of terror attacks in India shows that terrorists have been able to get away with multiple outrages before they are nabbed. In investigating the source of the attacks, all possibilities need to be kept in mind. But it's noteworthy that alleged Indian Mujahideen operatives

Terror hits temple town: Militants trigger nine bombs at Bodh Gaya, but quiet Sunday schedule means only two monks are injured

Two monks have been injured after a series of blasts struck in and around Bodh Gaya's Mahabodhi Temple, a World Heritage Site 115km south of Patna. Terrorists planted a dozen improvised explosive devices (IEDs) all over the complex. Nine of the low-intensity bombs went off, but mercifully the casualty list numbered only two injured. That's because the blasts were triggered on a Sunday, a day when the complex has very few visitors and the Tergar Monastery has no classes.  Crime scene: Securitymen inspect the blast site near the Bodhi tree in the Mahabodhi Temple premises "The terrorists apparently miscalculated. Today being Sunday, fewer believers were present. We are extremely lucky to have escaped with minor injuries to two devotees. The terrorists had planned to inflict maximum damage," said one senior police officer on condition of anonymity. The Bihar police are also examining why the terrorists used low-intensity time bombs to trigger the

Nine blasts in 30 minutes rock Bodh Gaya, Buddha's abode bombed in Mahabodhi temple

Terrorists shattered the peace of the world-renowned Mahabodhi temple and surrounding pilgrim spots in Bodhgaya early Sunday, setting off nine blasts in 30 minutes despite numerous intelligence alerts of such an attack. Members of the Bauddh Commune International participate in a peace vigil in Allahabad following a series of blasts at the Both Gaya temple on July 7, 2013. (AFP Photo) Security personnel guard the campus of Mahabodhi temple after series of blasts at Bodh Gaya on July 7, 2013. (HT Photo) Members of the Bauddh Commune International participate in a peace vigil in Allahabad following a series of blasts at the Both Gaya temple on July 7, 2013. (AFP Photo) BJP activists burn an effigy of Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar at Bodh Gaya against serial blasts on July 7, 2013. (PTI Photo) Security personnel handling a cane bomb, recovered from Buddhist Tergar Monastery at the Mahabodhi Temple in Bodh Gaya. PTI Bihar chief

Nine blasts in 30 minutes rock Bodh Gaya, Buddha's abode bombed in Mahabodhi temple

Terrorists shattered the peace of the world-renowned Mahabodhi temple and surrounding pilgrim spots in Bodhgaya early Sunday, setting off nine blasts in 30 minutes despite numerous intelligence alerts of such an attack. Members of the Bauddh Commune International participate in a peace vigil in Allahabad following a series of blasts at the Both Gaya temple on July 7, 2013. (AFP Photo) Security personnel guard the campus of Mahabodhi temple after series of blasts at Bodh Gaya on July 7, 2013. (HT Photo) Members of the Bauddh Commune International participate in a peace vigil in Allahabad following a series of blasts at the Both Gaya temple on July 7, 2013. (AFP Photo) BJP activists burn an effigy of Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar at Bodh Gaya against serial blasts on July 7, 2013. (PTI Photo) Security personnel handling a cane bomb, recovered from Buddhist Tergar Monastery at the Mahabodhi Temple in Bodh Gaya. PTI Bihar chief