Everyday household commodities like blankets, rice, food supplements, and even electronics are being sold at two “Loinchya” markets at Court Bazar and Ukhiya Bazar in Cox’s Bazar’s Ukhiya upazila. Exploitation by local hawkersOver 200 hawkers purchase relief goods at minimal rates on a regular basis from the Rohingyas and selling them to local people by setting up “Loinchya” (a mispronounced word of local dialect that means Rohingya) markets at Court Bazar and Ukhiya Bazar. After sunset in Ukhiya, hundreds of vendors begin selling the relief goods in front of Middle Station Market and an adjacent plot owned by a local called Bodi Alam. Apart from these two markets, some vendors also sell their ill-gotten wares in Morichya Bazar, Ramu, Teknaf and Cox’s Bazar, said about 10 hawkers involved in the trade. Local sources say that about 1.5 million Rohingya people from recent and previous insurgencies are living in Cox’s Bazar.

Source: Dhaka Tribune February 10, 2018 19:41 UTC