Maungdaw, Arakan State: A policeman of Maungdaw police station
urinated in the compound of the central mosque in Maungdaw Town on
February 12 at about 5 pm, after Asar prayers when there was nobody in
the mosque.

Putting on slippers he entered the mosque compound and urinated on the
steps of the lake from which mosque goers take ablution, said an
eyewitness in Maungdaw town.

The mosque committee did not raise the issue with the government
authorities as they have never paid heed or taken action against the
police.

"It is a starting point to test repercussions in the Rohingya
community. Next time, they will commit a bigger offence against the
community. We are grief-stricken," a village elder in the town said.

Recently, police stepped up persecuting the Rohingya community by
lodging false and fabricated cases against the people and extorting
money. The higher authorities did nothing to stop it. They have
always turned a deaf ear to complaints making it difficult for
Rohingyas to bear.