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4 THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 2017 DT News DMP suspects the Mourning Day bomber had co-conspirators • Arifur Rahman Rabbi MILITANCY Police yesterday said they suspect the Mourning Day bomber, Saiful Islam, 21, had other co-conspirators who had planned to bomb the procession leading up to the Bangabandhu Memorial Museum on National Mourning Day. Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Asaduzzaman Mia said: “We strongly suspect that the co-conspirators are hiding somewhere in Dhaka and we are doing everything to find them.” Police also said militant Saiful was a member of New Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (New JMB) who had encouraged him to carry out the attack. Saiful, blew himself up on Tuesday at Hotel Olio International in Panthapath after he was cornered by police during a raid. Only hours before the incident, President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina were paying their respects to the Father of the Nation on the National Mourning Day at the Bangabandhu Memorial Museum, located roughly 300 metres away from the hotel. DMP Commissioner assured that militant organisations have become weak in Bangladesh which is why they now attempt sporadic attacks. “The organisational power New JMB and Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) has significantly decreased, they no longer have the capability to carry out big attacks,” he said. The investigation officers said a case has not been filed yet, but the the process is underway. They also said that Saiful was likely radicalised online. The dead militant’s autopsy has been done by Dr Shohel Mahmud, head of the forensic medical department of Dhaka Medical Collage, who said the cause of death was a splinter piercing his right eye and into his brain. Samples of his organs have been collected for a toxicology analysis to determine if he was under the influence of any mind altering drugs during the incident. • Militant Saiful’s father in police custody • Hedait Hossain Molla, Khulna MILITANCY Khulna police are interrogating the father and two friends of Saiful Islam, who was killed in an anti-terror operation in Dhaka a day ago. Saiful’s father Mohammad Abul Khair and friends Mohammad Sani, 22, and Isan, 21, were detained hours after the operation on Tuesday. Khulna district police chief Mizanul Haque Mollah said they had questioned several people to learn more about Saiful. Some were released after questioning but some others were still in police custody. However, a former UP Bangladeshi document forger arrested in Malaysia • Tribune Desk CRIME Immigration authorities in Kuala Lampur have arrested an infamous document forger known to immigrant workers as “The Professor,” who they say is of Bangladeshi origin. The man, whose real name the Malaysian Immigration Department did not reveal, was allegedly an expert in forging passports, work permits and other official documents. Malaysian newspaper The Star reported that the forger was a 32-year-old Bangladeshi man and he was caught with another Bangladeshi associate by an Immigration Department sting operation on August 12. He was highly sought after amongst foreign workers in the country, making RM50,000 to RM70,000 a month, the paper said. The officials seized some 229 stickers for employment passes, temporary work passes, social visit passes, student passes, fake Malaysian visa stickers, Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) cards, E-Cards, i-Cards chairman claimed that the law enforcement officials had said they set Khair free after being asked by locals. Police Superintendent Mizanul said they suspected Saiful was a member of Islami Chhatra Shibir, the student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami. But no evidence was found to support the claim. Saiful’s sister Sabia Khatun claimed her brother was not involved in student politics. “He went to Dhaka looking for a job as he was struggling with his tuition fees,” she said. According to a local, Saiful’s father was once suspended from the post of Imam at a local mosque because of his involvement with Jamaat. • and Bangladeshi passports, computers, printers and scanners from his home. “They can produce a fake E-Kad in just five minutes, while a fake passport would take two hours. We believe these were sold for between RM1,000 and RM4,000,” said Immigration Department director-general Datuk Seri Mustafar Ali at a press conference on Monday. ‘This syndicate run by the Professor is on a much larger scale than the one by Doctor Harun’ Last March, the department busted a similar syndicate in Kuala Lumpur – operated by Myanmar national “Doctor Harun.” “This syndicate run by the Professor is on a much larger scale than the one by Doctor Harun,” said Mustafar. •
News 5 THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 2017 India, China troops in high-altitude clash • AFP, Srinagar WORLD Indian and Chinese troops clashed briefly on a disputed area of land in the Himalayas, officials said Wednesday, exacerbating tensions during a months-long standoff between the two armies. Chinese troops threw stones at Indian soldiers near Pangong Lake, a major tourist attraction in the picturesque mountain region of Ladakh on Tuesday, an Indian defence official said. He said Chinese soldiers had twice tried to enter the Indian territory but had been pushed back. The incident occurred as the nations are locked in a tense standoff in another border region. “There was a minor incident. There was some stone pelting from the Chinese side but the situation was quickly brought under control,” he told reporters on condition of anonymity. The brief confrontation was resolved after Indian and Chinese sides retreated to their respective positions, he added. Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said she was not aware of the latest reports, but she added that “Chinese border troops are always committed to maintaining peace on the India-China border”. “We always patrol along the Chinese line of control. And we urge the Indian side to abide by the line of control and relevant conventions between the two sides,” Hua said. Bangladesh sees fresh influx of Rohingyas from Myanmar • Abdul Aziz, Cox’s Bazar CURRENT AFFAIRS Hundreds of Rohingyas have entered Bangladesh in recent days following a fresh military build-up in Rakhine state of neighbouring Myanmar, community leaders said on Wednesday. Reports suggest at least 500 Rohingya had made the difficult journey into Bangladesh, some claiming they had been abused by soldiers in Myanmar. The latest influx follows a bloody military crackdown on the mainly Muslim minority in Myanmar which began in October 2016 and has led to an influx of tens of thousands of refugees into Bangladesh. The United Nations has said the violence may amount to ethnic cleansing. Local sources said the Myanmar army has been deployed with heavy weapons in addition to the Myanmar Border Guard Forces (BGF). According to the accounts of three Rohingya refugees who spoke to this correspondent by phone, in the past week alone around 200 Rohingyas have been detained in so-called ‘militant drives’ which have targeted houses in 11 Rohingya villages. With large numbers of Army personnel, Ladakh is one of the most sensitive border area in India Mujib Ullah, Mina Ara Begum, and Maulana Mofiz Mia said the Myanmar army have been arresting Rohingya men from their houses. Even though the army let go of a few of these men, most of them are still missing. Meanwhile, locals fear leaving their houses. BGB on alert Lt Col Monzurul Hasan Khan, commander of the 34 battalion of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in Cox Bazar, said his force was currently on alert and was observing the situation. “We strongly oppose the decision taken by Myanmar to deploy the army at their border,” he said. “According to the international law, any state which deploys an army at its border like this has to notify its neighbouring countries.” At the same time, Lt Col Monzurul said the BGB could not allow new Rohigya refugees to come into Bangladesh “in any way possible”. However, another commander from the 2nd battalion of BGB in Teknaf, Lt Col SM Ariful Islam said the BGB was not upset with Myanmar’s decision to deploy its army at its border, ”because it is their international affair”. “However, by taking a counter initiative, we have expressed our disapproval toward their decision. Our force is on alert in the Bangladesh-Myanmar border,” he said. Dhaka estimates that nearly 400,000 Rohingya refugees are living in squalid refugee camps and makeshift settlements in Cox’s Bazar. The numbers swelled last October when more than 70,000 Rohingya villagers began arriving, bringing stories of systematic rape, murder and arson at the hands of Myanmar soldiers. Last week, the UN special rapporteur Yanghee Lee voiced alarm at reports that an army battalion had flown into Rakhine state to help local authorities boost security in the region. Buddhist-majority Myanmar has long faced criticism for its treatment of the more than one million Rohingya who live in Rakhine, who are seen as interlopers from Bangladesh, denied citizenship and access to basic rights. An official with the UN International Organisation for Migration (IOM), which looks after settlements for unregistered Rohingya refugees, said the organisation was aware of new arrivals. The numbers were “not as alarming as the October influx,” the official said. • Police in the north Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir, where Ladakh is located, said clashes were relatively common along the de facto border known as the Line of Actual Control (LAC). “These things happen every DT summer but this one was slightly prolonged and more serious but no weapons were used,” said a police source in Srinagar. The Pangong area lies over 13,000 feet high on the Tibetan plateau. The latest incident comes amid an ongoing dispute between the two sides over a strategic Himalayan plateau thousands of kilometres away where hundreds of Indian and Chinese soldiers have been facing off against each other for more than two months. The border trouble began in June when Chinese soldiers started to extend a road through the Doklam territory, known as “Donglang” in Chinese. The area is disputed between China and Bhutan. India, a close ally of Bhutan, then deployed troops to stop the construction project, prompting Beijing to accuse India of trespassing on Chinese soil. China has said India must withdraw its troops before any proper negotiation takes place. India said both sides should withdraw their forces together. • India hedges pledge to expel Rohingya amid outcry • Tribune Desk WORLD ISTOCK A day after the UN chief voiced concern about India’s plans to potentially deport tens of thousands of Muslim Rohingya refugees, an Indian government official said Wednesday that authorities are only working to identify those who fled persecution in neighbouring Myanmar – not expel them. An estimated 40,000 Rohingya Muslims have taken refuge in various parts of India, though fewer than 15,000 are registered with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees. Last week, India’s Home Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju told lawmakers that state authorities had been asked to identify and deport illegal immigrants, including but not only Rohingya. A ministry memo sent August 8 to the states warns that immigrants are susceptible to recruitment by “terrorist” organisations and “not only infringe on the rights of Indian citizens but also pose grave security challenges.” On Wednesday, a Home Ministry official said worries of Rohingya being shipped back to Myanmar were overblown, and that the government was only trying to count and identify how many refugees were in the country. Contrary to what was said in last week’s memo, the official said no decisions had been made about deporting any refugees. He refused to give his name as he was not authorised to speak with media. A day earlier, the head of the UN said any plan to send refugees back to a country where they face persecution was cause for alarm, according to his spokesman. “Obviously, we have our concerns about the treatment of refugees,” said Farhan Haq, deputy spokesman for UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres. It was not immediately clear if Rohingya who had yet to be registered with the UNHCR would receive any of the same protections. The Rohingya face severe discrimination in Myanmar and are the targets of violence in Rakhine state, where security forces have been accused of abuses against them. They have long been denied citizenship, freedom of movement and basic rights in Myanmar. • TEMPERATURE FORECAST FOR TODAY HEAVY RAINFALL LIKELY THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 2017 Dhaka 33 27 Chittagong 33 27 Rajshahi 33 26 Rangpur 33 26 Khulna 32 26 Barisal 32 27 Sylhet 33 25 DHAKA TODAY TOMORROW SUN SETS 6:30PM SUN RISES 5:35AM YESTERDAY’S HIGH AND LOW 34.6ºC 24ºC Rajshahi Rangamati Source: Accuweather/UNB PRAYER TIMES Cox’s Bazar 31 26 Fajr: 5:00am | Zohr: 1:15pm Asr: 5:00pm | Magrib: 6:44pm Esha: 8:30pm Source: Islamic Foundation
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