Exclusive: 'We will kill you all' - Rohingya villagers in Myanmar beg for safe passage SITTWE, Myanmar (Reuters) - Thousands of Rohingya Muslims in violence-racked northwest Myanmar are pleading with authorities for safe passage from two remote villages that are cut off by hostile Buddhists and running short of food.   We re terrified,  Maung Maung, a Rohingya official at Ah Nauk Pyin village, told Reuters by telephone.  We ll starve soon and they re threatening to burn down our houses.   Another Rohingya contacted by Reuters, who asked not to be named, said ethnic Rakhine Buddhists came to the same village and shouted,  Leave, or we will kill you all.   Fragile relations between Ah Nauk Pyin and its Rakhine neighbors were shattered on Aug. 25, when deadly attacks by Rohingya militants in Rakhine State prompted a ferocious response from Myanmar s security forces.  At least 430,000 Rohingya have since fled into neighboring Bangladesh to evade what the United Nations has called a "textbook example of ethnic cleansing".  About a million Rohingya lived in Rakhine State until the recent violence. Most face draconian travel restrictions and are denied citizenship in a country where many Buddhists regard them as illegal immigrants from Bangladesh.  Tin Maung Swe, secretary of the Rakhine State government, told Reuters he was working closely with the Rathedaung authorities, and had received no information about the Rohingya villagers  plea for safe passage.   There is nothing to be concerned about,  he said when asked about local tensions.  Southern Rathedaung is completely safe.   National police spokesman Myo Thu Soe said he also had no information about the Rohingya villages but that he would look into the matter.  Asked to comment, a spokeswoman for the U.S. State Department s East Asia Bureau made no reference to the situation in the villages, but said the United States was calling  urgently  for Myanmar s security forces  to act in accordance with the rule of law and to stop the violence and displacement suffered by individuals from all communities.    Tens of thousands of people reportedly lack adequate food, water, and shelter in northern Rakhine State,  spokeswoman Katina Adams said.  The government should act immediately to assist them.   Adams said Patrick Murphy, the U.S. deputy assistant secretary of state for East Asia, would reiterate grave U.S. concern about the situation in Rakhine when he meets senior officials in Myanmar this week.  Britain is to host a ministerial meeting on Monday on the sidelines of the annual U.N. General Assembly in New York to discuss the situation in Rakhine.  Ah Nauk Pyin sits on a mangrove-fringed peninsula in Rathedaung, one of three townships in northern Rakhine State. The villagers say they have no boats.  Until three weeks ago, there were 21 Muslim villages in Rathedaung, along with three camps for Muslims displaced by previous bouts of religious violence. Sixteen of those villages and all three camps have since been emptied and in many cases burnt, forcing an estimated 28,000 Rohingya to flee.  Rathedaung s five surviving Rohingya villages and their 8,000 or so inhabitants are encircled by Rakhine Buddhists and acutely vulnerable, say human rights monitors.  The situation is particularly dire in Ah Nauk Pyin and nearby Naung Pin Gyi, where any escape route to Bangladesh is long, arduous, and sometimes blocked by hostile Rakhine neighbors.  Maung Maung, the Rohingya official, said the villagers were resigned to leaving but the authorities had not responded to their requests for security. At night, he said, villagers had heard distant gunfire.   It s better they go somewhere else,  said Thein Aung, a Rathedaung official, who dismissed Rohingya allegations that Rakhines were threatening them.  Only two of the Aug. 25 attacks by the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) took place in Rathedaung. But the township was already a tinderbox of religious tension, with ARSA citing the mistreatment of Rohingya there as one justification for its offensive.  In late July, Rakhine residents of a large, mixed village in northern Rathedaung corraled hundreds of Rohingya inside their neighborhood, blocking access to food and water.  A similar pattern is repeating itself in southern Rathedaung, with local Rakhine citing possible ARSA infiltration as a reason for ejecting the last remaining Rohingya.  Maung Maung said he had called the police at least 30 times to report threats against his village.  On Sept. 13, he said, he got a call from a Rakhine villager he knew.  Leave tomorrow or we ll come and burn down all your houses,  said the man, according to a recording Maung Maung gave to Reuters.  When Maung Maung protested that they had no means to escape, the man replied:  That s not our problem.   On Aug. 31, the police convened a roadside meeting between two villages, attended by seven Rohingya from Ah Nauk Pyin and 14 Rakhine officials from the surrounding villages.  Instead of addressing the Rohingya complaints, said Maung Maung and two other Rohingya who attended the meeting, the Rakhine officials delivered an ultimatum.   They said they didn t want any Muslims in the region and we should leave immediately,  said the Rohingya resident of Ah Nauk Pyin who requested anonymity.  The Rohingya agreed, said Maung Maung, but only if the authorities provided security.  He showed Reuters a letter that the village elders had sent to the Rathedaung authorities on Sept. 7, asking to be moved to  another place . They had yet to receive a response, he said.  Relations between the two communities deteriorated in 2012, when religious unrest in Rakhine State killed nearly 200 people and made 140,000 homeless, most of them Rohingya. Scores of houses in Ah Nauk Pyin were torched.  Since then, said villagers, Rohingya have been too scared to leave the village or till their land, surviving mainly on monthly deliveries from the World Food Programme (WFP). The recent violence halted those deliveries.  The WFP pulled out most staff and suspended operations in the region after Aug. 25.  Residents in the area s two Rohingya villages said they could no longer venture out to fish or buy food from Rakhine traders, and were running low on food and medicines.  Maung Maung said the local police told the Rohingya to stay in their villages and not to worry because  nothing would happen,  he said.  But the nearest police station had only half a dozen or so officers, he said, and could not do much if Ah Nauk Pyin was attacked.  A few minutes  walk away, at the Rakhine village of Shwe Long Tin, residents were also on edge, said its leader, Khin Tun Aye.  They had also heard gunfire at night, he said, and were guarding the village around the clock with machetes and slingshots in case the Rohingya attacked with ARSA s help.   We re also terrified,  he said.  He said he told his fellow Rakhine to stay calm, but the situation remained so tense that he feared for the safety of his Rohingya neighbors.   If there is violence, all of them will be killed,  he said.  worldnews
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received information rohingya villagers plea safe passage there nothing concerned said asked local tensions southern rathedaung completely safe national police spokesman my thu soe said also information rohingya villages would look matter asked comment spokeswoman state department east asia bureau made reference situation villages said united states calling urgently myanmar security forces act accordance rule law stop violence displacement suffered individuals communities tens thousands people reportedly lack adequate food water shelter northern machine state spokeswoman latina adams said the government act immediately assist adams said patrick murphy deputy assistant secretary state east asia would reiterate grave concern situation machine meets senior officials myanmar week britain host ministerial meeting monday sidelines annual general assembly new york discuss situation machine ah nau pain sits peninsula rathedaung one three townships northern machine state the villagers say boats until three weeks ago muslim villages rathedaung along three camps muslims displaced previous bouts religious violence sixteen villages three camps since emptied many cases burnt forcing estimated rohingya flee rathedaung five surviving rohingya villages inhabitants encircled machine buddhist acute vulnerable say human rights monitors the situation particularly dire ah nau pain nearby lang pin gyi escape route bangladesh long arduous sometimes blocked hostile machine neighbors lang lang rohingya official said villagers resigned leaving authorities responded requests security at night said villagers heard distant gunfire it better go somewhere else said their sung rathedaung official dismissed rohingya allegations machines threatening only two attacks artman rohingya salvation army area took place rathedaung but township already tinderbox religious tension area citing mistreatment rohingya one justification offensive in late july machine residents large mixed village northern rathedaung corraled hundreds rohingya inside neighborhood blocking access food water a similar pattern repeating southern rathedaung local machine citing possible area infiltration reason rejecting last remaining rohingya lang lang said called police least times report threats village on said got call machine villager knew leave tomorrow come burn houses said man according recording lang lang gave reuters when lang lang protested means escape man replied that problem on police convened roadside meeting two villages attended seven rohingya ah nau pain machine officials surrounding villages instead addressing rohingya complaints said lang lang two rohingya attended meeting machine officials delivered ultimatum they said want muslims region leave immediately said rohingya resident ah nau pain requested anonymity the rohingya agreed said lang lang authorities provided security he showed reuters letter village elders sent rathedaung authorities asking moved another place they yet receive response said relations two communities deteriorated religious unrest machine state killed nearly people made homeless rohingya scores houses ah nau pain touched since said villagers rohingya scared leave village till land surviving mainly monthly deliveries world food programme wp the recent violence halted deliveries the wp pulled staff suspended operations region residents area two rohingya villages said could longer venture fish buy food machine traders running low food medicines lang lang said local police told rohingya stay villages worry nothing would happen said but nearest police station half dozen officers said could much ah nau pain attacked a minutes walk away machine village she long tin residents also edge said leader thin tun aye they also heard gunfire night said guarding village around clock machines slingshots case rohingya attacked area help we also terrified said he said told fellow machine stay calm situation remained tense feared safety rohingya neighbors if violence killed 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Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: Exclusive: 'We will kill you all' - Rohingya villagers in Myanmar beg for safe passage SITTWE, Myanmar (Reuters) - Thousands of Rohingya Muslims in violence-racked northwest Myanmar are pleading with authorities for safe passage from two remote villages that are cut off by hostile Buddhists and running short of food.   We re terrified,  Maung Maung, a Rohingya official at Ah Nauk Pyin village, told Reuters by telephone.  We ll starve soon and they re threatening to burn down our houses.   Another Rohingya contacted by Reuters, who asked not to be named, said ethnic Rakhine Buddhists came to the same village and shouted,  Leave, or we will kill you all.   Fragile relations between Ah Nauk Pyin and its Rakhine neighbors were shattered on Aug. 25, when deadly attacks by Rohingya militants in Rakhine State prompted a ferocious response from Myanmar s security forces.  At least 430,000 Rohingya have since fled into neighboring Bangladesh to evade what the United Nations has called a "textbook example of ethnic cleansing".  About a million Rohingya lived in Rakhine State until the recent violence. Most face draconian travel restrictions and are denied citizenship in a country where many Buddhists regard them as illegal immigrants from Bangladesh.  Tin Maung Swe, secretary of the Rakhine State government, told Reuters he was working closely with the Rathedaung authorities, and had received no information about the Rohingya villagers  plea for safe passage.   There is nothing to be concerned about,  he said when asked about local tensions.  Southern Rathedaung is completely safe.   National police spokesman Myo Thu Soe said he also had no information about the Rohingya villages but that he would look into the matter.  Asked to comment, a spokeswoman for the U.S. State Department s East Asia Bureau made no reference to the situation in the villages, but said the United States was calling  urgently  for Myanmar s security forces  to act in accordance with the rule of law and to stop the violence and displacement suffered by individuals from all communities.    Tens of thousands of people reportedly lack adequate food, water, and shelter in northern Rakhine State,  spokeswoman Katina Adams said.  The government should act immediately to assist them.   Adams said Patrick Murphy, the U.S. deputy assistant secretary of state for East Asia, would reiterate grave U.S. concern about the situation in Rakhine when he meets senior officials in Myanmar this week.  Britain is to host a ministerial meeting on Monday on the sidelines of the annual U.N. General Assembly in New York to discuss the situation in Rakhine.  Ah Nauk Pyin sits on a mangrove-fringed peninsula in Rathedaung, one of three townships in northern Rakhine State. The villagers say they have no boats.  Until three weeks ago, there were 21 Muslim villages in Rathedaung, along with three camps for Muslims displaced by previous bouts of religious violence. Sixteen of those villages and all three camps have since been emptied and in many cases burnt, forcing an estimated 28,000 Rohingya to flee.  Rathedaung s five surviving Rohingya villages and their 8,000 or so inhabitants are encircled by Rakhine Buddhists and acutely vulnerable, say human rights monitors.  The situation is particularly dire in Ah Nauk Pyin and nearby Naung Pin Gyi, where any escape route to Bangladesh is long, arduous, and sometimes blocked by hostile Rakhine neighbors.  Maung Maung, the Rohingya official, said the villagers were resigned to leaving but the authorities had not responded to their requests for security. At night, he said, villagers had heard distant gunfire.   It s better they go somewhere else,  said Thein Aung, a Rathedaung official, who dismissed Rohingya allegations that Rakhines were threatening them.  Only two of the Aug. 25 attacks by the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) took place in Rathedaung. But the township was already a tinderbox of religious tension, with ARSA citing the mistreatment of Rohingya there as one justification for its offensive.  In late July, Rakhine residents of a large, mixed village in northern Rathedaung corraled hundreds of Rohingya inside their neighborhood, blocking access to food and water.  A similar pattern is repeating itself in southern Rathedaung, with local Rakhine citing possible ARSA infiltration as a reason for ejecting the last remaining Rohingya.  Maung Maung said he had called the police at least 30 times to report threats against his village.  On Sept. 13, he said, he got a call from a Rakhine villager he knew.  Leave tomorrow or we ll come and burn down all your houses,  said the man, according to a recording Maung Maung gave to Reuters.  When Maung Maung protested that they had no means to escape, the man replied:  That s not our problem.   On Aug. 31, the police convened a roadside meeting between two villages, attended by seven Rohingya from Ah Nauk Pyin and 14 Rakhine officials from the surrounding villages.  Instead of addressing the Rohingya complaints, said Maung Maung and two other Rohingya who attended the meeting, the Rakhine officials delivered an ultimatum.   They said they didn t want any Muslims in the region and we should leave immediately,  said the Rohingya resident of Ah Nauk Pyin who requested anonymity.  The Rohingya agreed, said Maung Maung, but only if the authorities provided security.  He showed Reuters a letter that the village elders had sent to the Rathedaung authorities on Sept. 7, asking to be moved to  another place . They had yet to receive a response, he said.  Relations between the two communities deteriorated in 2012, when religious unrest in Rakhine State killed nearly 200 people and made 140,000 homeless, most of them Rohingya. Scores of houses in Ah Nauk Pyin were torched.  Since then, said villagers, Rohingya have been too scared to leave the village or till their land, surviving mainly on monthly deliveries from the World Food Programme (WFP). The recent violence halted those deliveries.  The WFP pulled out most staff and suspended operations in the region after Aug. 25.  Residents in the area s two Rohingya villages said they could no longer venture out to fish or buy food from Rakhine traders, and were running low on food and medicines.  Maung Maung said the local police told the Rohingya to stay in their villages and not to worry because  nothing would happen,  he said.  But the nearest police station had only half a dozen or so officers, he said, and could not do much if Ah Nauk Pyin was attacked.  A few minutes  walk away, at the Rakhine village of Shwe Long Tin, residents were also on edge, said its leader, Khin Tun Aye.  They had also heard gunfire at night, he said, and were guarding the village around the clock with machetes and slingshots in case the Rohingya attacked with ARSA s help.   We re also terrified,  he said.  He said he told his fellow Rakhine to stay calm, but the situation remained so tense that he feared for the safety of his Rohingya neighbors.   If there is violence, all of them will be killed,  he said.  worldnews
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TEXT: exclusive kill rohingya villagers myanmar beg safe passage site myanmar reuters thousands rohingya muslims northwest myanmar pleading authorities safe passage two remote villages cut hostile buddhist running short food we terrified lang lang rohingya official ah nau pain village told reuters telephone we starve soon threatening burn houses another rohingya contacted reuters asked named said ethnic machine buddhist came village shouted leave kill fragile relations ah nau pain machine neighbors shattered deadly attacks rohingya militants machine state prompted ferocious response myanmar security forces at least rohingya since fled neighboring bangladesh evade united nations called textbook example ethnic cleansing about million rohingya lived machine state recent violence most face draconian travel restrictions denied citizenship country many buddhist regard illegal immigrants bangladesh tin lang swe secretary machine state government told reuters working closely rathedaung authorities received information rohingya villagers plea safe passage there nothing concerned said asked local tensions southern rathedaung completely safe national police spokesman my thu soe said also information rohingya villages would look matter asked comment spokeswoman state department east asia bureau made reference situation villages said united states calling urgently myanmar security forces act accordance rule law stop violence displacement suffered individuals communities tens thousands people reportedly lack adequate food water shelter northern machine state spokeswoman latina adams said the government act immediately assist adams said patrick murphy deputy assistant secretary state east asia would reiterate grave concern situation machine meets senior officials myanmar week britain host ministerial meeting monday sidelines annual general assembly new york discuss situation machine ah nau pain sits peninsula rathedaung one three townships northern machine state the villagers say boats until three weeks ago muslim villages rathedaung along three camps muslims displaced previous bouts religious violence sixteen villages three camps since emptied many cases burnt forcing estimated rohingya flee rathedaung five surviving rohingya villages inhabitants encircled machine buddhist acute vulnerable say human rights monitors the situation particularly dire ah nau pain nearby lang pin gyi escape route bangladesh long arduous sometimes blocked hostile machine neighbors lang lang rohingya official said villagers resigned leaving authorities responded requests security at night said villagers heard distant gunfire it better go somewhere else said their sung rathedaung official dismissed rohingya allegations machines threatening only two attacks artman rohingya salvation army area took place rathedaung but township already tinderbox religious tension area citing mistreatment rohingya one justification offensive in late july machine residents large mixed village northern rathedaung corraled hundreds rohingya inside neighborhood blocking access food water a similar pattern repeating southern rathedaung local machine citing possible area infiltration reason rejecting last remaining rohingya lang lang said called police least times report threats village on said got call machine villager knew leave tomorrow come burn houses said man according recording lang lang gave reuters when lang lang protested means escape man replied that problem on police convened roadside meeting two villages attended seven rohingya ah nau pain machine officials surrounding villages instead addressing rohingya complaints said lang lang two rohingya attended meeting machine officials delivered ultimatum they said want muslims region leave immediately said rohingya resident ah nau pain requested anonymity the rohingya agreed said lang lang authorities provided security he showed reuters letter village elders sent rathedaung authorities asking moved another place they yet receive response said relations two communities deteriorated religious unrest machine state killed nearly people made homeless rohingya scores houses ah nau pain touched since said villagers rohingya scared leave village till land surviving mainly monthly deliveries world food programme wp the recent violence halted deliveries the wp pulled staff suspended operations region residents area two rohingya villages said could longer venture fish buy food machine traders running low food medicines lang lang said local police told rohingya stay villages worry nothing would happen said but nearest police station half dozen officers said could much ah nau pain attacked a minutes walk away machine village she long tin residents also edge said leader thin tun aye they also heard gunfire night said guarding village around clock machines slingshots case rohingya attacked area help we also terrified said he said told fellow machine stay calm situation remained tense feared safety rohingya neighbors if violence killed said worldnews