“We’ll continue to grab your lands” – Warrant Officer Rezaul in Sajek

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News No. 83/2009, July 08, 2009

“YOU MAY PAY SECRET VISITS TO SULTANA KAMAL (CO-CHAIR, CHT
INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION) AND TELL HER WHATEVER YOU LIKE AND YOU MAY
STAGE THOUSANDS OF DEMONSTRATIONS IN AND OUTSIDE CHT, NOTHING WILL
HAPPEN TO US, WE WILL CONTINUTE WITH OUR JOB AND GRAB YOUR LANDS”.

A Sajek resident quoted Warrant Officer Rezaul from Baghaihat zone as
saying this to Kalachulo Chakma and Swapanika Chakma, member, Ward No.
16, Sajek Union Council, yesterday when he met them at Baghaihat
bazaar.

On 2 July, eight torture victims from Sajek met with Advocate Sultana
Kamal, Executive Director of Ain-o-Salish Kendra, and Co-chair of
Chittagong Hill Tracts International Commission, at her office in
Dhaka and submitted a memorandum to her.

Rezaul was alluding to this meeting, which was neither secret nor confidential.
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