Rohingya Broadcast Rohingya “Lifeline” radio - Wednesday, February 17, 2021 MC & News: Sami Ahmed & Mohammed Hussain \\arsenic\netexchange$\Bangla\MP3 ROH Lifeline 02172021 1130 UTC Intro Today: Wednesday, February 17, 2021 7:30 a.m. (Washington, D.C., USA) News Headlines Duration: 6 minutes · Myanmar: UN expert sounds alarm ahead of expected protests · U.N. warns Myanmar against harsh response to protesters · Singapore opposes massive sanctions against Myanmar · Anti-coup Protesters Occupied railway lines in Yangon and Mon State City · Police Filed Additional charge against Aung San Suu Kyi · Myanmar military promises new election; Suu Kyi faces additional charge · Cold snap leaves one dead, over 4 million without power in Texas · Vaccination will be guaranteed for all by July - President Biden Shortwave: 31-meter band, 9350 kHz; 25-meter band, 11700 kHz and 12030 kHz Medium wave (AM): 1575 kHz Report: VOA News Reporter: Sabera Begum (Cox’s Bazar) Related item code: 9-P Duration: 7:18 minutes Topic: Myanmar's military administration is enforcing new complex laws, and Intimidating the Protesters Translation Summary: Despite peaceful protests, the situation in Myanmar is deteriorating; The military administration is enforcing new laws to prevent protesters. Saidul Amin from the refugee camp said, the Rohingyas do not trust the military government. Saidul further said that Min Aung Hlaing had said in his speech that he would take back the Rohingyas, but the Rohingyas could not believe that the military that carried out the genocide on the Rohingyas would take back the Rohingyas and let them live in peace. Report: VOA News Reporter: Mohammed Idris Abdullah (Cox’s Bazar) Related item code: 9-P Duration: 5:45 minutes Topic: A Rohingya, Resident of Yangon Talked About Current Situation of Myanmar After Myanmar’s Military Coup Translation Summary: A Rohingya, who is unwilling to mention name and lives in the largest city Yangon, Myanmar said to the VOA via mobile phone that here in the Yangon people sometime access internet and sometime not due to irregularly banned internet. He said that Myanmar’s military govt. deploy military surrounding Yangon as well as other cities in Myanmar with military vehicles and materials. The faces of the army personnel who have been deployed by Myanmar’s military govt. look like Chinese Army. Also, people of Yangon and other cities in Myanmar have become vigilantes in the nights and days after knowing Myanmar’s military technic that Myanmar’ military government have released many prisoners, hiring them with huge money in order for them only to pour poisons in the water and burnt down people’s living home, market and others. At the end, he said that most of the Rohingya released recently by the Myanmar’s military are facing difficulties for not able to reach their relatives and own villages from the region of Myanmar’s prisons such Thanduwe Prisons and other prisons. They are far away from Buthidaung, Rathedaung and Maungdaw townships. So, they are in need of help to reach to their relatives in this dire situation of Myanmar he said. Report: VOA News (2) Reporter: Hamid Hussain (USA) Related item code: 9-P Duration: 5:02 minutes Topic: Opinions About Current Situation of Myanmar After Myanmar’s Military Coup Translation Summary: Anuwar Kasim Director General of Burmese Rohingya Community of Wisconsin told VOA Rohingya Lifeline that as you all know, Burma was under military rule most of the time since we got independence in 1948. Then, since 1962, Ne Win coup, he ruled the country for 26 years. And then from 1988, General Than Shwe’s coup army again again ruled the country for 22-23 years. If you look at the history, military did not relinquish power easily. So those who staged coup this time are pupil of Ne Win and Then Shwe. I do not think this people will hand over power e