Myanmar sekarang menjadi negara yang seksi, sedikit ada gesekan, maka media massa akan menyorotnya.
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21 March 2013 17:1
Authorities imposed a curfew in Mandalay Region’s Meikhtila town last night after a fight over a hair clip at a gold shop threatened to escalate into a religious riot, officials told Eleven Media.
The incident began at a gold shop near the town’s market at about 10am yesterday and the curfew was imposed at about 9pm under section 144 of the Constitution after a mosque was set aflame in late afternoon. The fire at Thirimingalar Mosque was quickly extinguished by neighbours, town residents said.
As of noon today five people were killed and another 22 injured in the fighting, staff at the town hospital said, adding that most of the injuries were head wounds.
Myanmar’s national police force said at 3.40am today that one monk and another man had been killed and four other injured by flames.
Stones were thrown at police and reporters taking photos yesterday afternoon when a crowd of about 200 stormed three buildings near the gold shop.
The clashes erupted following an argument over the price of a gold hair clip at a shop owned by a Muslim vendor.
Town resident Khin Maung Win and his wife tried to sell the hair clip to New Waitsein Gold Shop for 140,000 kyats (about US$160) at about 9am. The son-in-law of the shop’s owner offered them 105,000 kyats for the hair clip, and then took it to the market to assess the gold. When he returned he said he could only pay them 50,000 kyats because the hair clip was broken, according to a police complaint from Khin Maung Win’s wife.
Following a quarrel over the hair clip – which Khin Maung Win and his wife said was broken while it was being assessed – the shop owner threw the clip at Khin Maung Win and his son-in-law and a shop assistant began assaulting him, the man’s wife said.
She filed a lawsuit at Meikhtila Police Station after her husband was injured.
By 2.15pm about 200 people had gathered near the gold shop and then destroyed six shops in three nearby buildings.
Police, fire fighters, monks and town elders tried to disperse the crowd, but at about 3 pm an angry mob stormed the buildings again.
Meikhtila district police began imposing security in the area soon after, the Myanmar Police Force said.
Thirimingalar Mosque was set afire at about 5.30pm but the flames were quickly extinguished by neighbours, police said.
Town residents said some people tried to use the violence to instigate a religious clash, but authorities implemented a curfew in time to control them.
The curfew bans public gatherings and any interference with public officials’ work, including police.
Besides the mosque, other buildings were also set aflame and more than 10 motorbikes were destroyed, but all fires were put out by 8pm, police said.
Police are preventing anyone from entering the town through its front and back gates.
Police said that order had been restored by midnight. “Only a few people are left at the site now. We are trying to solve the problem,” an officer said.
Officers from two other townships in Yamethin district are providing assistance, another officer said, adding that “senior divisional officials are overseeing the situation”.
“The town is also being patrolled. Although the crowds have been dispersed there are still some groups here and there,” he said early this morning.
By noon today the situation was calm, police told Eleven Media’s reporter in the town.
sumber:
http://www.elevenmyanmar.com/national/2863-curfew-imposed-to-prevent-religious-riot-mandalay-region-townberita lain
http://www.elevenmyanmar.com/national/2867-police-colonel-says-bbc-s-alleged-report-totally-wrong