Kuala Lumpur: 30th Sept, 2010: On 30 September, an Indian-Malaysian gang with knife robbing some goods of Chin family was arrested red-handed by a bunch of Hriphi Fellowship youths at 10:00 pm last night. They tied his hands up back side with robes and trying to refer to the near-by police station.
The incident took place in Jalan Ipoh, Kualam Ari, Kuala Lumpur where more than 250 people from dozens of Chin refugee families are stranding.
Meanwhile, a suspected friend, who is known as Chinese, of the gang caught called many of his gangstering friends championing in the area and running down to the scene and trying to pick him up. But it was reported that a bunch of Chin youths tried to stop them.
"Soon after, other groups of Indian and Chinese, who are believed to be group of gangster, were appeared to get there (the scene) very fast by van and motor bike and started beating my youths. I called my people to be back off and run into the fellowship center. Having being locked the door, they couldn't do us hurt any more but destroyed all our window glasses. Then they all disappeared like the wind immediately", said Mr. Tha Peng, who is a recognised refugee- ref: 791-09C00940, in face to face interview.
Head-cum-leader of the fellowship did contact the police station at the scene. At the same time, we also contacted other Chin communities, such as CRC, CDAC (Chin Disciplinary Action Committee) and CCF (Chin Christian Fellowship).
"Afterwards, police from C.I.D arrived and brought me and Van Uk Nawl , a recognised refugee- ref: 791-09C00865, too, who is from the same village are mostly badly injured and x-rayed twice at Kuala Lumpur General Hospital", he continued.
In addiction, again this afternoon, a Chinese man who is well-known as drug-addict in the area going around our vicinity with knife and so he informed our fellowship school not to go out but stay only at school at once because he is on the way to go to inform CRC in person and have a concerted discussion on this threatening problem.
Many, including children are losing their money, hand-phones and UNHCR's cards because of running away to escape from the gangster's violent hands.
He reiterated that this is not the first time happened but been a result of several incidents. Many are known personally attacked by the motor bike riding gangs with knife and many have been badly hit by wooden sticks while they were on the way to be back home from each of their working places. Most of the people dwelling in that area, according to Mr. Tha Peng, are mostly known from Hriphi, Thantlang Township, Chin State.
Asked if anything bad they committed in the area, he is appeared to be assured that there's nothing they committed. The reason is, they are truly and strongly cooperated and harmonized very well-- besides, they always conduct worship service every night that ensures they are united and shared with to greater some extent.
Thus, the Chin people stranding in Jalan Ipoh are coming to clearly sense that they are in very threatening condition. It was learnt that CRC made an immediate report on the incident to OPI (Outreach Protection Individual) and CDU (Community Development Unit) which both of them are under the umbrella of UNHCR in Malaysia.
by Simon
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