findings iII: Justice and corruption 47 Marketplace and Work Interference According to respondents, police are confiscating more than just money and other valuable items such as smartphones. Respondents reported that if they manage to leave the camp and return with necessities purchased in the local markets, police often confiscate these items. Alternatively, if the police do not confiscate them, they will take the items and immediately throw them away. Respondents believe this is to prevent Rohingya from retaining the basics that they need to survive. At other times, they will require bribes to allow Rohingya to bring the items into the camp. Respondents related this specific type of extortion to the destruction of the Rohingya markets inside the camps by authorities. While previously Rohingya could buy essential items and supplemental food in the camps, the destruction of the markets has forced Rohingya to pass through the checkpoints more often with essential items bought in the local markets outside the camps. Kushida, a 32-year-old Rohingya woman, shared her thoughts about goods being confiscated by APBn, “The markets are now very far from us because of the demolition of the camp markets by the police and the CIC, but we still need to visit the markets to buy the things we “The police snatch our groceries when they notice while we pass the checkpoints. They even beat us. So, these restrictions are clearly having a negative impact on our daily lives.” need on a daily basis. Even if we manage to sneak into the markets by passing through holes in the fences, we will still have to walk in front of the police when we return with our groceries and pass through the checkpoints because the fence openings are too small for us to pass through carrying the grocery bags. The police snatch our groceries when they notice while we pass the checkpoints. They even beat us. So, these restrictions are clearly having a negative impact on our daily lives.” 82 Moreover, because Rohingya-run markets inside the camp were previously destroyed by camp authorities, ad-hoc vendors or temporary markets were created in their place. However, these are only allowed after bribing the authorities. Respondents reported violent police raids on these temporary markets, with the police not only destroying property, but also physically beating anyone in the markets at that time. “When we arrive at the temporary market because the original markets have been destroyed, the police appear out of nowhere and brutally smash everyone they come across,” said Anwar, a 46-year-old Rohingya man. “At the temporary market, some people pay off the police to sell goods for a while, but then a different group of police show up, break everything, and beat everyone. Once, I had to carry a person to the hospital after he was hit just twice with a stick by the police at the market. He was in critical condition.” 83 82 83 Interview C04F Interview C2WM