Army collects information about Buddhist temples in CHT
chtnews.com
News No. 48/2008, March 08, 2008
After its failure to capture lands of two Buddhist temples in Khagrachari district, the army has adopted measures to harass and humiliate Buddhist monks and their lay followers in Chittagong Hill Tracts.
One of these measures is to force the temple committees and village chiefs to provide data about the status of the temple lands, the monks and the managing committees.
chtnews.com has obtained a document, which is a notice, ordering the village chiefs to appear in the camp to provide information regarding Buddhist temples in their area. (a scanned copy of the notice attached)
Issued by the commander of Shontila camp in Pujgang under Panchari Thana of Khagrachari district, the notice says "It is hereby notified that all the Headmen and village chiefs under the jurisdiction of Shontila camp are requested to appear in the camp on the 22th of February 2008, by 8 a.m."
In the end, the notice, signed and sealed by the camp commander, ordered its recipients to furnish themselves with documents relating to the temples and meditation centres and names of the presidents of the committees and the monks.
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