We are deeply concerned at the soaring criminal activities in and around the Rohingya camps. Report tells us that internal feud over illegal drug smuggling, especially Yaba, and other criminal activities has left over 40 Rohingyas dead in the coastal district of Cox’s Bazar in last two years. Certainly such a situation calls for serious actions to curb crime in the Rohingya camps. As reported by this daily on Saturday, a report has been submitted the Prime Minister’s office in this regard.
The report tells us that Yaba smuggling emerged in the camps for a long time giving rise to gangs who control and distribute the illegal drugs to destinations across the country. Also the report gives us glimpses of extortion, human trafficking, prostitution, robbery and other common crimes that are committed in the camps
It is high time that the authorities
concerned beef up security as much as
possible and catch the perpetrators
especially the gangs that are
carrying out criminal activities
Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar have turned into hotbeds of crime. Criminal gangs, active in the camps, often lock into bloody confrontations over control of markets, Yaba smuggling, and human trafficking. It pointed out that the Rohingyas have been engaged in serious confrontations with locals over supremacy of drug smuggling and often killed those who opposed them.
It is a situation that is inevitable when thousands of desperate people are forced to stay in cramped, unhygienic conditions for months on end. It is high time that the authorities concerned beef up security as much as possible and catch the perpetrators especially the gangs that are carrying out criminal activities. Considering the prevailing situation in the refugee camps, authorities concerned should take immediate actions to establish law and order in the Rohingya camps and surrounding areas. The authorities should do the needful to restrain locals from taking law into their own hands.
