Burmese Township Administrator under Investigation for Love Affair with Muslim Girl

Maungdaw: The General Administrator for Maungdaw Township in northern Arakan State has been under investigation by a special judicial body after his alleged affair with a Muslim girl became the talk of the township.


An official from the district administrative office, under a condition of anonymity, told Narinjara that the township administrator U Aung Kyaw Oo has been under investigation by authorities since last Wednesday.

“Higher authorities came to know about the matter after an exile media source reported [it], and now an authority team is looking into the matter and questioning U Aung Kyaw Oo,” said the official.

He said the judicial authority team is led by the Maungdaw District Administrator and included another two administrators of Buthidaung and Rathidaung Townships.

The judicial team first examined U Aung Kyaw Oo in the afternoon and his alleged lover Samira ( alias) Sandar Win later in the evening last Wednesday in district administration office. The team is still continuing their investigation and interviewing some town’s people including the girl’s father U Mohammad Shah.

A local resident also said U Aung Kyaw Oo’s unlawful love affair with the girl first became the talk of the township long ago, sparking anger among the Muslim community in the area. However the judicial team would not be able to investigate this easily.

“Their love affair has been a well known talk in our township and has sparked anger, especially amongst the Muslim community in our area, but it would not be possible for the judicial team to get much truth about their affair because no one would dare to give true statements as the members of the judicial team are U Aung Kyaw Oo’s colleagues and friends”, he said.

According to the local sources, Samira’s family had to move their residence from Bomhu Ward in the town to Alaethan kyaw village in southern Maungdaw Township since last month as some people in the ward had threatened to attack their house due to the ongoing unlawful and anti-social love affair, and the fact that she was living together with U Aung Kyaw Oo.

U Aung Kyaw Oo has allegedly been living with Samira in her house, as well as taking her in his official car to his residence for a week or a month at a time.

“Their love affair has sparked anger among the Muslim community because living together without official marriage is an anti-social act as well as a punishable offense according to the local marriage laws [that are] imposed for the Muslims by the authorities here”, the resident said.