Extreme condemnation of Bangkok Post's editorial about Myanmar

The Voice Weekly

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Extreme condemnation of Bangkok Post's editorial about Myanmar

An editorial was found in the July 20th edition of the Bangkok Post, a Bangkok based newspaper published in English, that strongly criticized Myanmar and President U Thein Sein. The editorial is likely to be a bitter denunciation of Myanmar written on behalf of Thai citizens and government officials who are worried about the international community predicting that Myanmar will become the new Asian tiger following its democratic reforms, and of some Bangkok-based international organizations that are spending millions of dollars on projects in Myanmar.

Not only is the Bangkok Post's account of President U Thein Sein's cancellation of two Thai trips prior to his recent visit biased, but it also damages the relations between two long-standing oppositions working together on the country's move towards democracy. According to the account, the reason behind the President postponing the trip to Thailand was that popular opposition leader Daw Aung San Su Kyi received a warm invitation to address the World Economic Forum on East Asia in Bangkok. The Bangkok Post can note that this information will serve to create a misunderstanding between the President and Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, who have reached a certain level of understanding after their face-to-face discussion.

Historical records show that Thailand has exploited instabilities in certain countries to further the country's economic aims. The Vietnam and Korean Wars, the Cambodian Civil War, the half-century long civil war in Myanmar, and the weaknesses of Burmese dictatorship are the factors that have enabled Thailand to be the country it is today.

Thailand is especially worried that the country's interests, which stem from Myanmar's past problems, will be reduced by the democratization and development of present day Myanmar. For instance, Thailand is the center of the branches of Western non-governmental organizations, humanitarian organizations, foreign-based Myanmar organizations, foreign-based Myanmar media groups, and local and foreign non-governmental organzations, which were founded on the basis of Myanmar's human rights abuses, civil war, political issues, and environmental problems in the past 20 years. The expenditures of those branches and Thai-based non-governmental organizations enter Myanmar and the Thai market via the banks in Thailand.

At the same time, Thailand greatly benefits from the low income of Myanmar immigrant workers, both official and unofficial, in Thailand, the right to oppress them to any extent, and the low production costs of Thai factories and marine projects.

The Bangkok Post asserts that Thailand and its neighbours are well aware of the Rohingya conflict and that the Thai authorities will not accept immigrant Rohingyas for they view the ethnic group as a problem of Myanmar, showing that the newspaper has no precise knowledge of the history of Rohingya, Myanmar, Bengladesh, and Rakhine State. This also proves that the Bangkok Post is trying to point out the mistakes of the former Burmese government and that it is simply echoing the voices of the Western media, who have been spreading propaganda about the Rohingya conflict. Therefore, the Voice Weekly views the editorial as a personal insult on President U Thein Sein for implementing democratic reforms after having been a proponent of the old authoritarian government. The Bangkok Post, which claims itself to be a dignified publication, has never been in Myanmar, attended ASEAN summits, or officially interviewed the Myanmar President. Even the Washington Post of the United States, the Suddeutsche Zeitung of Germany, Channel NewsAsia of Singapore, have held a face-to-face interview with President U Thein Sein. Therefore, as the Bangkok Post has never conversed with the President, the newspaper's portrayal of religious violence on the basis of the Rohingya conflict can be seen as an inadequate criticism.

As the Bangkok Post uses subjective reasoning (without studying the history of Rakhine State and investigating the ongoing events in the region), to condemn the Myanmar President, it seems more like a media spreading propaganda than a professional media.

The Bangkok Post, which accuses President U Thein Sein's claim regarding the Rohingyas of being influenced by nationalism and ethnic hatred, should be questioned why it has always remained silent about the Thai authorities and media, Human Rights Watch, and the United Nations Commission on Human Rights neglecting such issues as Thai films on the historical background of Myanmar and Thailand, Thai newspaper coverage of the historical conquest of Thailand by Burmese Kings (which serves to promote Thai nationalism and animosity towards Burmese), the discrimination of Thai police, gangs, and citizens against immigrant Burmese workers (including blackmail, murder, and robbery), and the rape and trafficking of Burmese women to Malaysia and fishing industries. It is also questionable why the Bangkok Post emphasizes the affairs of Cambodia, Myanmar, and other countries who recently had border conflicts with Thailand, yet barely mentions such local topics as the long-standing tension and killings between Buddhists and Muslims who want to set up a separate Islamic state in Southern Thailand, the Thai military's violence during Thaksin's reign, and the Thai army's repression of 'red shirt' protestors.

Everyone needs to note that as the Bangkok Post has given a biased account of the easing Rakhine conflict, the newspaper will be held absolutely responsible should any dispute or misunderstanding revive between Myanmar's ethnic nationalities and between the Muslims and Buddhist Rakhines, who have been living in peace with each other for years.

Written by Editor (25.7.2012)

The Media and I: Media, don’t twist stories

I remember one evening in 2004; I was walking back and forth on the street in front of our shop holding a radio close to my ear. People stared at me. “What is this kid doing?” A 13-year-old girl listening to the radio was definitely new for people during that time in Burma.

I got this habit from my Dad. Foreign exile news agencies like BBC (Burmese),VOA, RFA and DVB were what most people relied on for trustworthy news tackling issues on the government’s brutality, corruption and relations with foreign countries. People felt they were fully informed by them and they trusted it and not the national TV or newspaper.

When I enrolled in university, radio had already empowered me to be an informed citizen. It’s unsurprising that most kids in Burma do not have a reading culture due to a couple reasons. First, the parents themselves do not have a reading culture and books are much more accessible in the city towns like Rangoon. Poor education is another reason. Library often lack resources and so, students study by heart to what lecturers said and they teach the students in a very exam-oriented manner. No one will engage in critical questioning during the class and it causes us to be passive citizen. Most of the students won’t realize what “Passive citizen” is really.

Radio definitely was an alternative learning method in the evenings where I can access to international news, opinion pieces, gossip columnists and sometimes outstanding student studying in places such as London speaks of their experiences during radio broadcasts. So, people around the world can hear them and it has been my inspiration to study abroad. My mom didn’t like it at all for she is afraid that I am going to be politician.

During the university courses, I registered in private English library in where I encouraged my friends to do the same. I found new like-minded friends and it gave us an opportunity to gather and conduct conversation informally in teashop. Here, we started to share, among peers, books, poem and thoughts apart from social and politics conversation. We empowered ourselves to keep track of any updates about the ongoings of the country, and that’s how peer pressure works out in the civil society of Burma.

I studied abroad in later years and online reading is one of the resources that we are adapting into media more than the past. In our country, most of us do not possess computers, so the internet café is the only one place we can search news and do other communication. So, I tried to browse the news website I noted by heart in my mind. Of course, as long as we take time to use internet, it charges per hours. Television was not really a part of my life because some strict parents thought letting children television will harm their study time and it is regarded as misbehavior if we visit our neighbor’s house to watch television. My life was so closed to media in this way until I studied abroad in Bangkok. It gave me an opportunity to discover how I love to read the stories around and develop analytical, critical thinking skills. Discussion in classroom also helps me and I help my classmates in return.

Members of a Rakhine family sit at a monastery on June 13, 2012.

Foreign Policy, The Diplomat, Newsmandala, Guardian, Bangkok Post, The Nation, Aljazeera are my favorites which I no longer need to memorize as trusted news resources. However, at once they twisted stories to me already. I have been reading the featured stories in the above news website in regards to riots in Rakhine state. It is totally a violent attack by Bengali Migrants who are illegally draining from Border of Myanmar and Bangladesh. However, the reporters describe the conflict as clash between Buddhism and Muslim. I think it is very dangerous when international media spread out the wrong information and misinform the whole community in the world. It harms the society and victims who are innocent.

How could they know the real stories without reaching out to the conflicts? Many questions come up and their writings really frustrate me. What could bring me again to trust the news media then? What should we have done to stop the reporters not to duplicate the same mistake? One more doubt left is who is behind them because I still need to survive with news and information for my daily life and they themselves need to prove that they are benefiting the citizen with their profession.

Written by Su Mwan

http://seayouthsayso.com/the-media-and-i-media-dont-twist-stories

Bengali-Muslims’ Mujahid Insurgency (1948-1954)

Bengali-Muslims’ Mujahid Insurgency (1948-1954)

(This is the direct translation of part of the book Civil Insurgency In Burma.)

Armed Bengalis receiving military training.

Who and what exactly are the so-called Muslim Rohingyas the Buddhist Burmese and Yakines really love to hate? The term Rohingya was invented or coined only after the failed Bengali-Muslim insurgency widely known in Burma as the Mujahid from 1948 to 1954 in the north-western region of Arrakan in Burma.

Historically there had been constant warfare between ethnic Yakhines and Burmese going on in the Arrakan since Burmese King Anawrahta’s reign of Pagan in the 11^th century. In 1404 Burmese king Min Khaung Yaza invaded Le Mro (Le Myo) and occupied Arrakan for more than two decades.

Le Myo King Min Saw Mon fled to the Gaur in today’s Bangladesh and took refuge at the court of Bengal Sultan Azam Shah. With the help of new Bengal  Sultan Jalal Udin Khan he regained Arakan back from the Burmese 24 years later and in 1433 he established the city of Mrauk-U (Myauk-U) as the capital of unified Yakhin kingdom (the last one unfortunately for the proud Yakhines). His successors gave trade and territorial concessions to Portuguese, receiving in return, Portuguese military support.

In 1784 Arrakan fell again into Burmese hands. The famous Mahamuni Buddha statue now in Mandalay was taken away to Burma as a war trophy. The Burmese, after conquering Arrakan, came directly into contact with British already in India and finally Burma itself had fallen into the British hands after three Anglo-Burmese Wars.   

Cross-border invasion of Illegal Bengali-Muslims

Since 1824 the year of First Anglo-Burmese War large number of Bengali-Muslims, known as Chittagonians since they came from the Chittagong region in then India, had moved into the North-west Arrakan without any restriction at all. According to the old Burma Gazettes they established many Bengali-Muslim villages in Butheetaung, Maungdaw, Kyauktaw, Minbyar, and Myebone.

That mass settlement had alarmingly increased the total population of Arrakan the British Sittwe District. In 1832 the population in Sittwe District was just over 100,000 but the population increased to over 600,000 in 1931 and by 1941 it was over 750,000. By 1942 the Bengali-Muslims population in the region of Butheetaung and Maungdaw alone was over 300,000.

Dead on the streets during 1943 Bengal Famine.

The massive Bengali population starving from frequently occurring famines in India was one of the main reasons for that relentless tide of Bengali Muslims into the Arrakan. 

In 1939 the British colonial government established a Commission of Inquiry to investigate the rapid increase of Bengali-Muslims in the Arrakan from 30,000 in 1825 to 217,800 in 1930. That Commission reported back that there would be racial strife between the Yakhine-Buddhists and Bengali-Muslims in a very near future if the relentless Muslim tide across the border wasn’t stopped or restricted at least.

And the racial troubles between the Buddhist natives and the Muslim newcomers were simmering and finally blew up as the Second World War had reached Burma and the Arrakan became a dangerous no-man land between the Imperial Japanese army and massive British 14^th army facing off on the India-Burma border.

First Bengali-Muslim Riots (1942)

During sudden British withdrawal from Burma in 1942 there were many war weapons and ammunitions left by the withdrawing British forces in the Arrakan. The arms from Burmese and Karen troops of British army were left with the Buddhist Yakhines (Arrakanese) and the Indian soldiers’ into the hands of Bengali-Muslim crowd in the Maungdaw-Butheetaung area.

A starving child in East-Pakistan (Bangladesh).

That abundance of war weapons eventually ignited the first Buddhist-Muslim race riots in the Arrakan in mid 1942. The disturbances started from the cases of violent robbery committed by the armed Buddhist Yakhines against the Indian refugees fleeing from the Japanese army in Burma through the Taunggup Pass.

The armed Yakhine Buddhists were also attacking and lootings the neighboring Bengali-Muslim villages and the hostilities broke out into a full scale riots as foreseen by the British Commission of Inquiry as the armed Bengali-Muslims retaliated by attacking and looting the Buddhist Yakhine villages.

Even the Yakhine District administrator ICS (Indian Civil Service) U Kyaw Khine was killed by the Bengalis and countless number of Yakhines had to flee into either the British-controlled Chitagong territory or deep down into the Southern Arrakan as the genocidal Bengali Muslims there cleansed the Yakhines and destroyed all the remaining Buddhist villages in their predominantly-Muslim are of Maungdaw and Butheetaung.

By late 1942 the whole Maungdaw-Butheetauung territory was firmly in the hands of armed Bengali-Muslims.

BIA Attempts to Reclaim Burma's Lost Territory

Bo Yan Aung (front-left) and BIA officers (1942).

At the beginning of Japanese occupation of Burma Bo Yan Aung-led BIA (Burmese Independence Army) units in Arrakan tried unsuccessfully to recapture the lost territory from the Muslims.

Two senior BIA officers Bo Yan Naung and Bo Myo Nyunt were killed in Maungdaw by the Bengali-Muslims and BIA attempts for reconciliation between Yakhine-Buddhists and Bengali-Muslims had failed miserably.

From 1942 till the British recapture of Burma in 1945 Bengali-Muslims had completely controlled the Maungdaw-Butheetaung region and the illegal mass immigration continued unabated.

Beginning of the Mujahidin Insurgency (1947)

During the British Military Administration period after the British re-occupation of Burma the Yakhine refugees from both Chitagong area and other parts of Arrakan were resettled back into their old villages with the help of British army.

But the Bengali-Muslims now occupying the old Yakhine villages had refused to accept the original native Yakhins and by violent means created a hostile environment for the returnees as they now believed in their make-believe dream of creating a strict Muslim enclave ruled by the Sharia Law in the Maungdaw-Butheetaung region as a part of the newly-established East-Pakistan (Now Bangladesh).

An Islamic militant party Jami-a-tul Ulema-e Islam led by the Chairman Omra Meah was formed. And with the material support of Ulnar Mohammad Muzahid Khan and Molnar Ibrahim from Pakistan the Mujahidin insurgency was initiated to invade Arrakan and absorb the land into the East-Pakistan.

The Mujahid armed insurgents began their subversive activities in the Maungdaw-North area and later expanded into the Maungdaw-South region. A long-term criminal and major rice-smuggler named Abdul Kasim was the leader of Mujahid in Maungdaw-South.

Bengali-Muslims’ Bloody Jihad on Burma

(Following is excerpt from Dr. Aye Chan’s Paper “On the Mujahid Rebellion in Arrakan” read in the International Conference of Southeast Asian Studies at Pusan University of Foreign Studies, Republic  of Korea  on June 2 -3, 2011.)

Dr. Aye Chan of Kanda University in Japan.

The Mujahids of Chittagonian Muslims from North Arakan declared jihad on Burma after the central government refused to grant a separate Muslim state in the two townships, Buthidaung and Maungdaw that lie along the East Pakistani (present-day Bangladeshi) border.

The Mujahid movement launched before Burma gained independence and hassled the resettlement program for the refugees in the Buthidaung and Maungdaw Townships. During the war, the Arakanese inhabitants of Buthidaung and Maungdaw were forced to leave their homes.

The people of Buthidaung fled to Kyauktaw and Minbya where the Arakanese were the majority. The Arakanese from Maungdaw were evacuated to Dinajpur in East Bengal by the British officials. Even though the British administration was reestablished after the war, the Arakanese were unable to return to their homes. 

Following excerpt is from the Report of the Commissioner’s Office of Arakan, dated the 18^th April, 1947 (The National Archives, London, FO 643/74.

“For want of funds only 277 out of about 2400 indigenous Arakanese, who were displaced from Buthidaung and Maungdaw Townships after the British evacuation in 1942, could be resettled on the sites of their original homes. There are also two thousand Arakanese Buddhist refuges brought for fear of Muslims’ threatening and frightening them by firing machine guns near the villages at night. While our hands are full with internally displaced refugees we cannot take the responsibility for repatriation of the Muslim refugees from the Sabirnagar camp which the government of India is pressing.”

 

The Muslim refugees from the camp at Subirnagar were also unable to resettle in the interior part of Akyab District at Alegyun, Apaukwa and Gobedaung. All 3,000 of them were first sent to Akyab Island. Two Muslim Relief Committees were formed in Akyab and Buthidaung in order to give assistance possible to refugees. The proposal to send about 1,500 refugees in small batches to the Muslim villages in Buthidaung Township for the time being was accepted. The District Welfare Officer was instructed to work out the expense for transport and supporting building materials.

In August 1947, the Sub-Divisional Officer of Maungdaw, U Tun Oo, was brutally murdered by the Muslims. The Commissioner of Arakan reports:

“I have no doubt that this is a result of a long fostered communal feeling by the Muslims. The assassins who committed the murder were suspected to be employed by the Muslim Police Officers and have been organizing strong Muslim feelings and dominating the whole areas. This is a direct affront and open challenge to the lawful authority of the Burma Government by the Muslim Community of Buthidaung and Maungdaw Townships whose economic invasion of this country was fostered during the British regime. Unless this most dastardly flouting of the government is firmly and severely dealt with, this alien community will try to annex this territory or instigate Pakistan to annex it.”

The newly independent republic had to cope with the insurgency of Karen ethnic group and the communists in the country after gaining independence in 1948. Major cities were captured by the Communists and Karen rebels. Two battalions of its regular army went underground to join the communists. The Capital City, Rangoon, was surrounded by the Karen rebels. The Union government was scrawled in the international newspapers with the epithet of “Rangoon Government.” In such a situation only a few hundreds troops from the Battalion (5) were sent to the western front to fight the Mujahids. About the objective and strength of the Mujahids, the British Embassy in Rangoon reports to the Foreign Office in London on February 12, 1949.

“It is hard to say whether the ultimate object of the Muslims is that their separate state should remain within the Union or not, but it seems likely that even an autonomous state within the Union would  necessarily be drawn towards Pakistan. The Mujahids seem also to have taken arms in about October last, although this does not exclude the possibility that some have not gone underground and are still trying to obtain their objective by agitation only. There are perhaps 500 Muslims under arms, although the total number of supporters of the movement is greater.”

Buthidaung and Maungdaw were under the control of the government forces but the countryside around the town was out of control.

One report gives a detailed account of the visit of Prime Minister U Nu and the Supreme Commander of the Burmese Army, Lieutenant General Smith Dun to Akyab in October of 1948.

It says that the local officials in East Pakistan provided information and aid to the insurgents from across the border. The Sub-Divisional Officer and the Township Officer from Cox’s Bazaar were reported to have supplied the Muslim guerrillas with arms and ammunition. The wounded rebels were apparently able to obtain treatment from the hospital in Cox’s Bazaar.

According to the report of the Deputy Commissioner of Chittagong Hill Tracts, both the commissioner and the Burmese officials were informed that the two Mujahid leaders, Jaffar Meah and Omra Meah, were hiding in Balukhali village in East Pakistan, near to the Burmese border.

The British Embassy in Rangoon sent a confidential letter to the High Commissioner for the United Kingdom in Pakistan on February 28, 1949; this letter dealt with the probability of provocation and interference from local Pakistani officials on the other side of the border. It reads:

“In spite of the correct attitude of the Pakistan Central Government there have been fairly reliable reports that their local officials in, for instance, Cox’s Bazaar have actively helped Muslim guerrillas. You yourselves are well aware of the pro-guerrilla attitude in this affair of the Pakistan district officers. The Pakistan Government must also be aware of it, and we feel that if they do not curb these officials they may run the risks of provoking Anti-Muslim riots in Akyab district as bad as those which occurred during the war.” 

The main financial source of the Mujahid Party was the smuggling of rice from Arakan to East Pakistan. Their actions were all part of an overall strategy to prevent the government forces from enforcing the prohibition rice export. It has been reported that even the Muslim leaders, Sultan Ahmed and Omra Meah were involved in this illegal border trade.

To solve the problem of this rice shortage in the Chittagong District of East Pakistan, regional officials seem to have sought cooperation with the Mujahid leaders. For many years the Mujahid Party leaders monopolized the smuggling of rice across the border.

The main objective of the Mujahid rebellion was to absorb the western frontier of Burma into East Pakistan (present-day Bangladesh).

Burma's Yakhine State (Arrakan).

The newspaper, On May 18, 1949, The Hindustan Standard newspaper, reported about the following about the Mujahids.

“A dangerous aspect of this fighting is its international aspect: the Moslem insurgents have been carrying the Pakistani flag, and many of them clamor for the incorporation of this end of Arakan with Pakistan. It was suspected that they drew arms from across the border; the Government, however, is now satisfied that their rifles and ammunition are old stocks, left behind by the Japanese and British…. The great majority of Arakan Moslems are said to be really Pakistanis from Chittagong, even if they have been settled here for a generation. Out of the 130,000 here, 80,000 are still Pakistani citizens.”

When India, Pakistan and Burma gained independence, the immigrants from British India were granted the choice of citizenship in either India or Pakistan. They could also choose Burmese citizenship if they were so inclined.  The Pakistani Government was very anxious that the Burmese Government would use brutal tactics to suppress the rebellion.

Pakistan feared that the atrocities in the Burmese border regions would lead to anti-Burma demonstrations in Pakistan, which might in turn instigate Anti-Pakistan riots in Burma. Such situation would be very dangerous for the Pakistani residing in Burma. It was reported that 6,000 to 7,000 refugees had arrived in East Pakistan. The authorities in Karachi were also concerned about the communists infiltrating into Pakistan with the refugees.

In the Akyab District of Arakan it was reported that only the town and island of Akyab were firmly in the hands of the Burmese government. Conditions had deteriorated following the withdrawal of the only Burmese Army battalion (Burma Rifle 5). The CPB (Communist Party of Burma) went underground in March 1948, and its followers in Arakan reached an agreement with the Mujahid Party to fight the government forces jointly. 

The government of Pakistan was informed that the Communist Party of East Bengal had instructed its members to establish contacts with the Muslim communists in Arakan and  persuade them to infiltrate  the Cox’s Bazaar subdivision to organize Muslim cultivators for a revolt against the government of Burma had fallen to the communists, as evidenced by the following record (of communications between British Embassies in Rangoon and Karachi):

“This is borne out by a conversation which the Commissioner of Chittagong Division recently with one of the Mujahid leaders who said that the early agreement with the communists was that when the Burmese Government was overthrown, the Communists will leave Mujahid territory to become an independent state.”

Northern Arrakan by the Bangladeshi border.

On June 17, 1949 the British Embassy in Rangoon sent a telegram to the Foreign Office in London  about the fall of two district headquarters into communist hands. Sandoway fell on June 9, and Kyaupyu on June 10, as the result of a mutiny by the Union Military Police and levy garrisons in collusion with the local communists. The situation in Akyab was uncertain, and all air services were suspended

A climate of mistrust and fear between the Buddhist Arakanese and Muslim Chittagonians was growing, despite a peace mission sent by the Union government to North Arakan. Muslim leaders, carrying a credential from Premier Nu, were in contact with the insurgent Muslims and persuaded them to lay down their arms and drop their demand for autonomy.

The mission was not successful because it was more of a communal violence than a rebellion.  The prestigious newspaper of India, The Hindustan Standard, on May 18, 1949 reported:

“These guerrilla operations are less a Muslim insurrection against the government than “communal action” against the Arakanese – a prolongation of the Muslim-Buddhist riots of 1942.The Moslems, natives of Chittagong in what is now part of Pakistan  – fear oppression by the Arakanese. The Arakanese, the intensely clannish community less than a million strong, hate their Buddhist Kith and kin, and are afraid of losing their identity in the growing Chittagongese population. Neither trusts the either.”

The cooperation between the two countries improved the situation at the border after the instructions from Karachi were strictly enforced. In order to advance their joint operation and communications an agreement was reached for the establishment of a Pakistani Consulate in Akyab and a Burmese Consulate in Chittagong. Mohamed Ali, Pakistan’s High Commissioner designated to Canada, after relinquishing his post as ambassador to Burma, sent a statement to the press. He said that the impact of communist infiltration into Pakistan was being weakened by the joint operation of the two countries.

At the same time the Pakistani government was persuading the refugees from Arakan to lay down their arms and to arrange for their repatriation when the conditions in Burma became more settled.  Reuters reported that the governments of Burma and Pakistan were cooperating to restore peace in Arakan. Their cooperation was further displayed with units of East Pakistan Rifles being stationed along the border to cooperate with their Burmese counterparts.

However, since the middle of 1949, the Burmese Army’s offensive warfare was successful. As a result all the towns and major cities under the control of the rebels were recaptured.  Sadar Aurengzeb Khan, Pakistani ambassador to Burma, who visited the East Bengal (East Pakistan), expressed confidence that the position of the Burmese Government was improving and that the power of the insurgents was on the decline.

The rebellion lasted one more decade until the Mujahid Party surrendered in 1960.

Military Operations against Bengali-Muslims’ Mujahid

Fifth Burma Rifles Battalion in Arrakan.

Once the Mujadi rebellion started the armed Bengali-Muslims killed most of the Yakhine Buddhists and destroyed all the Yakhin villages in the Maungdaw-North region. Martial Law was declared in 1948 November as the rebellion greatly intensified and the rebels even surrounded the towns of Butheetaung and Baw-li-bazar.

Only when the Fifth Battalion Burma Rifles was sent into the region and the Fifth’s devastating campaign against the rebels the Mujahid insurgency collapsed and the Muslim insurgents fled to the jungles of northern Yakhine.

But the Burmese civil war had started in Proper-Burma and the Fifth Burma was brought back to fight the Karens digging in at Insein in Rangoon. Once the regular Burmese army was absent in the Arrakan the Mujahids came back in and the insurgency flared up again as the irregular Sitwundan armed-police battalions were unable to fight them.

The Second Chin Rifles was formed as an emergency measure to fight the Muslim Mujahid and again the Mujahid had collapsed and disappeared back into the East Pakistan and the northern jungles as the valiant Chins chased them all over Arrakan.

End of the Mujahid Insurgency

Burmese army had launched three major military operations against the Mujahid in Northern Arrakan. First operation was in March 1950, the second was the May-yu Operation in October 1952, and the last one was Moat-thone Operation in October 1954.

After the total collapse the Mujahids ended up on the borderline as rice smugglers and dacoits still terrorizing the Yakhine Buddhist population for many years to come till they reinvented themselves as the Rohingyas and started the internation-media and political and so-called human rights campaigns to re-establish their Bengali-Muslim enclave again in Burma.

http://hlaoo1980.blogspot.com/2012/06/bengali-muslims-mujahid-insurgency-1948.html

VHP writes to PM, UN asks to Deport Jehadi Rohingya Muslims from Delhi to Bangladesh

Dr Pravin Togadia, VHP Chief

 

May 14th, 2012, 11:37 pm

Here is Dr Praven Togadia’s letter to the Hon. Prime Minister of India that is Bharat with a copy to the Secretary General of the UN, Head of United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, India’s Home Minister & External Affairs Minister, Hon. President of India, President Vladimir Putin – Russia, President Obama – US and the Hon Chief Justice of Hon Supreme Court of India.
It is about the Rohingya Muslims infiltrated in India & straight now parking themselves in front of the UNHCR office & in nearby Mosques demanding Refugee status. These Rohingya Muslims have proven Jehadi Terror links as per the other attached documents as Appendix (total 4). The same Rohingya Muslims did massacre & ethnic cleansing of Buddhists recently in their area that is Arakan between Bangla Desh & Myanmar for demanding separate Islamic state. Some Buddhists like Chakma tribe who survived there, are now in Tripura of India. Rohingyas are projecting themselves as victims, however, there is a current alert about their Jehadi terror links with LET, ISI, Al Qaeda, HUJI, IM & others related to Agfhan Taliban who fought with Russia & also the groups in Kashmir.

The Rohingya Muslims, helped by some Govt of India’s committee members like Nawab Zafar Jung (Ex VC of Jamia Milia University) & leftist students union of JNU are lobbying with the UN & UNHCR for Refugee status. If that happens, then India will have to bear the load of over 40+ Lakh (4 Million) Rohingya Muslims making India’s safety & security more fragile. Therefore, my letter to the PM & others to immediately deport Rohingya Muslims & prevent the UNHCR from giving them refugee status, prosecuting all those who helped them infiltrate in India now & reach straight to Delhi & all those who are sheltering them & doing their PR. It also will damage India’s relations with all Buddhists nations as well as with America & Russia as they all have suffered due to Rohingya Muslims; Jehadi terror. Thailand still has a blanket ban on them.

Kindly help protect the world & India by spreading this as much & urging the PM of India, heads of other nations & the UN, UNHCR as mentioned. Dhanyavaad & regards. Let us together make a difference, says  Dr Pravin Togadia

From Dr Pravin Togadia,

International Working President, Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP),

Sankatmochan, Sector 6, R. K. Puram, New Delhi – 110020

Date: May 14, 2012

URGENT LETTER TO THE HON. PRIME MINISTER, INDIA THAT IS BHARAT

Shri Manmohan ji Singh,

Hon. Prime Minister,

Govt of India

New Delhi

Subject: Infiltrators named ‘Rohingya Muslims’ from Bangla Desh in Delhi demanding refugee status from the United Nations (UN) through United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) office in Delhi.

Reference: Information from various authentic sources & complaints that we received from the residents of the related areas in New Delhi and attached appendix (total 4) about terror links of Rohingya Muslims.

Dear Sir,

Jai Shreeram. With reference to the above, I hereby wish to draw your attention to the following extremely urgent issues related to India’s safety & security:

1. Approximately 3000+ Rohingya Muslims infiltrated from Bangla Desh border & reached up to India’s capital New Delhi have parked themselves – men, women, children etc. – in various areas in & around New Delhi. Before we get into the basic question that how such a large number of infiltrating groups could even enter India’s border & reach nation’s capital, I wish to inform you that this large group of Rohingya Muslims has been creating danger & dirt for the residents of New Delhi especially near the UNHCR office in Vasant Vihar, demanding Refugee Status from the UN.
2. After much complaining & our peaceful intervention, these Rohingya Muslims have been now sheltered in the Mosques in the villages near Vasant Vihar area of New Delhi where the UNHCR office is located. They have been sheltered there by the Ex Vice Chancellor of Jamia Milia Islamic University Mr. Nawab Zafar Jung who also happens to be now a sitting member of the Government of India’s Monitoring Committee for Minority Education.
3. Holding a Govt post & yet helping the illegal infiltrators not only reach New Delhi all the way from the Bangla Desh – Myanmar border, but also sheltering them in the mosques nearby despite complaints by the local residents, is a completely anti-national activity by a Govt Committee member.
4. For your ready reference: Rohingya Muslims is the community that is born of Burmese (Myanmar) mothers & Bangla Desh Muslim Fathers & the community follows Islam. Staying in Arakan area at the border of Bangla Desh & Myanmar, they are internationally known for the massacres & ethnic cleansing of Buddhists (Chakma Buddhists & others) that Rohingya Muslims did just 10-15 years back.
5. Some of the survived Buddhists are still staying in the worse human conditions in India that is Bharat in Tripura & surrounding areas. Rohingyas are also known for killing thousands of people from Jumma Tribe in their area.

1. Rohingya Muslims, the way they have suddenly popped up in New Delhi with the help of local Muslims in Bharat, also tried to infiltrate Thailand & create terror there. Thailand has therefore banned the entry of Rohingya Muslims.  (Reference: Attached Appendix)

1. More so, as the said Rohingya Muslims have a track record of Jehadi Terrorism, not just in their own area that is a Arakan at Bangla Desh – Myanmar border, but also in Afghanistan, on Russia Border, Thailand & Saudi Arabia etc. (Please refer to the attached Appendix Number 1: Bin Laden & Rohingya Muslims – Weekly Blitz, Appendix 2: Paper – Suicide Jihadi Terrorism in Bangla Desh- by Shri B. Raman, Additional Secretary (Retd.), Cabinet Secretariat, Govt of India & Director, Institute for Tropical Studies, Chennai & other attached documents)

1. The above documents by the authentic sources clearly prove that the Rohingya Muslims are directly involved in Jehadi Terror activities independently & also through their Terror outfit RSO (Rohingya Solidarity Organization). The above documents mentioned in my point number 7 also prove in no uncertain terms the serious links of Rohingya Muslims with HUJI, Al Qaeda, ISI, LET & other Jehadi operatives in Pakistan, Bangla Desh, Afghanistan & more importantly, in Jammu & Kashmir.

1. American Govt has issued a serious Jehadi Threat alert about the Rohingya Muslim community recently & also declared them terrorists since they fought hand in hand with Talibans in Afghanistan on the border of Russia during Afghanistan – Russia war. (Apart from the above ref documents: See Appendix 3: Bangla Desh- Breeding Ground for Terror – Asia Times printed interview of American Govt & Military officials – CNN) This clearly mentions specific Rohingya Muslims as Jehadi terror group having links with most Jehadi operatives for current & active Jehad.

10. There are over 40+ Lakh (4 Million) Rohingya Muslims in the world. They are spread as follows:

a)    Burma : 20 Lakh (2 M)

b)    Bangla Desh : 6 Lakhs (0.6 M)

c)    Pakistan: 3.5 Lakh (0.35 M)

d)    Saudi Arabia: 4 Lakh (0.4 M)

e)    Thailand: 1 Lakh (0.1 M)

11. Rohingya Muslims’ mother country Myanmar, with the new democratic rule there now, has asked them to get out due to their Jehadi activities & mainly because of their war against Myanmar for creating a separate Islamic State – Arakan.

1. 12.  After using Rohingya Muslims for spreading Jehadi terror all over the world, in Myanmar & in Bharat, now Bangla Desh has realized that globally Rohingya Muslims are now exposed in Jehadi Terror & creating a separate state dividing Bangla Desh, now their father’s country Bangla Desh also is chasing them out.

1. 13.  After trying to settle in Thailand etc & being shunned everywhere because of Jehadi Terror links, now the Rohingya Muslims have fixed their eyes on India that is Bharat. Therefore, over 3000+ of them have parked themselves in & around capital New Delhi demanding Refugee Status by the UN.

14. With men, women, children (2 women even delivered kids in Delhi recently!), these Rohingya Muslims are now playing a diplomatic Jehadi war against Bharat by pushing the UN to give them Refugee status. This means that Bharat will never be then able to ask them to leave Bharat irrespective of their Jehadi Terror links or activities. At this moment only 3000+ Rohingya Muslims are seen in Delhi, but the way they entered Bharat all the way from Bangla Desh border, proves that they have strong support from either the Jehadi groups in Bharat or/ and by the Govts. Otherwise without any interruption, such a large group of infiltrators known for Jehad would have never reached New Delhi. And after reaching there, would not have been sheltered, supported & lobbied for by the Govt committee member.

15. The Rohingya Muslims, well taken care of by such groups & a few students unions in Delhi have been doing international Public Relations & lobbying projecting them as ‘victims’ of bangle Desh’s tyranny & therefore getting Refugee Status to force Govt of India to give them shelter, food, education, jobs & then citizenship to their kids. At this moment, even though only 3000+ are seen in Delhi, they either may be hiding all over India or waiting to hoard immediately in India once they get the Refugee status.

16. As the Rohingya Muslims are responsible for the massacre & ethnic cleansing of the peace loving Buddhists like Chakma Buddhists etc in the Arakan area near India border, any effort of Govt of India to help Rohingya Muslims will permanently spoil Indi’s relations with all Buddhists & Buddhist nations hurting over 100 Crore (1000 Million) Buddhists & more than that Hindus globally & in India!

Our Urgent Demands:

1. Rohingya Muslims are known & proven Jehadi Terrorists condemned by & currently alerted about by the American & European Govts, Russian Govt & by the international terrorism research groups & institutions. Sheltering them in India means sheltering Jehadi Terror. We demand that the Govt of India immediately deport them from where they came without any further delay.
2. There should be a blanket ban on the entry of the Rohingya Muslims into India from any border or by any means.
3. Govt of India should write to the United Nations & to UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) in New York & in New Delhi NOT to give them any status (Refugee, Asylum Seeker or any such) ever.
4. As Rohingya Muslims are directly involved in the HUJI, IM, Pakistan’s ISI & other such Jehadi linked terror in Jammu & Kashmir as well as on the borders, those who helped them enter India, travel through various Indian states up till Delhi, gave them shelter & other help should immediately prosecuted for Treason & under all prevailing anti Terror laws.

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1. Once it is found out exactly who are the people & institutions have been helping Jehadi Terror Group Rohingya Muslims, in India, such institutions should be banned & people running them should be prosecuted.
2. India that is Bharat already has been facing various Jehadi terror threats. Despite international terror alert about Rohingya Muslims, if Govt of India does not take immediate actions against them, then this would clearly mean a political decision to support Jehadi terror group. This will put Bharat’s safety & security in danger.
3. Considering the relations of India with America & Russia, sheltering the Rohingya Muslims despite these countries warning about them will permanently spoil India’s diplomatic relations with them. Therefore, Govt of India should take help from America & Russia to prevail on the UN for not giving Refugee status to Rohingya Muslims.
4. This is an urgent matter as the Rohingya Muslims have been bragging that on May 15, 2012 they will get the Refugee status by the UN. Therefore, if the Govt of India is truly serious about the war against terror as it keeps on saying on various forums, then leaving aside the slow Govt processes, every step should be taken to stop the UN from giving Refugee status to the Rohingya Muslims as it will not only harm the majority of Bharat but will lead to the second partition as well as destruction of resources of Bharat with over 40 Lakh (4 Million) Rohingya Muslims putting their additional load on India with their Jehadi terror links!

Dhanyavaad & hoping for a quick & concrete action against Rohingya Muslims

 Sincerely

Dr Pravin Togadia

Copy to:

1. The Secretary General, United Nations, New York, USA
2. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees – HO, New York
3. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees – New Delhi
4. The Hon. President – India
5. The Home Minister, Govt of India
6. The External Affairs Minister, Govt of India
7. President, Russia
8. President, United State of America
9. The Hon. Chief Justice, Hon. Supreme Court of India

Attached Appendix:

1. Bin Laden & Rohingya Muslims – Weekly Blitz
2. Paper – Suicide Jihadi Terrorism in Bangla Desh- by Shri B. Raman, Additional Secretary (Retd.), Cabinet Secretariat, Govt of India & Director, Institute for Tropical Studies, Chennai
3. Bangla Desh- Breeding Ground for Terror – Asia Times printed interview of American Govt & Military officials – CNN
4. 4.    Rohingya Terrorism: Terrorism Monitor – Volume 6, Issue 10
 

http://samvada.org/2012/news/vhp-writes-to-pm-un-asks-to-deport-jehadi-rohingya-muslims-from-delhi-to-bangladesh/

 

To All international NGOs in Arakan state, Burma

Aye Maung

To All international NGOs in Arakan state, Burma

I am an Arakanese named Aye Maung from Rakhine State of Myanmar and I am hereby would like to voice my grave concern relating to your misbehaviour and insensitivity towards Arakanese people in Arakan state of Burma/Myanmar.

I have been hearing an earful of verbal complaints from my local Arakanese about your discriminatory practices in our state. However, as I understand clearly about your aims and goals and your great works that are supporting those people in need all over the world, I would like to tell you that I have a deep respect on your work.

I do not think that NGOs in Arakan State including UN agencies aren’t supposed to destroy their humanitarian image and instead are expected to bring harmony towards all communities inhibiting in my native land. As you are now on our soil, you are eating our food, drinking our water and breathing our air. Thus, I do not think this is a good human behaviour of you to discriminate against my people at the same time. You all are thought to remain grateful to sons of our Fatherland regardless of their faiths.

Buddhist communities in Buthidaung and Maungdaw Townships, northen part of Arakan, have requested me to relay their deep concern over you unacceptable harassment behaviour on their behalf. Reports have been surfaced about the allegedly detention of some NGO staffs in Arakanese State under the suspicion of their direct involvement in recent deadly arson and murder attacks against non-Muslim communities. Our local Arakanese were just compelled to take reactionary measures when facing attacks from them.

Narinjara News Agency and many domestic Myanmar news agencies said that some local employees of the NGOs were arrested by the authorities because they played a major role in instigating the recent violent unrests. By exploiting their advantage from having Internet access at your NGO offices, these local workers downloaded online news and photos and distributed them with their fabrications to the Muslims community in Maungdaw which led to brutal rioting and destructive attacking against our Arakanese.

It is a shame, and off course quite annoying, that NGOs in Arakan have been conspiring with the religious extremists, may be unwittingly, to build up the violent attacks towards our peace loving Buddhist community in Arakan. Furthermore, NGO staffs, especially local ones, are misusing their power as well as UN properties to mistreat our people which could be tantamount to human rights abuses on our Arakanese people. You also employed local staff selectively by side-lining non-Muslim people.

In addition, I have heard that NGOs in Arakan are facing boycott and intense dissatisfaction responses from our people when our locals turned down your assistance and contributions. Because you all have been supporting Bengali Muslim immigrants since you have descended on the areas of Buthidaung and Maungdaw over a decade ago, our local people have developed a sense of disgruntled feeling from your brazenly displaying of discriminatory practices. This is our time to show our dissatisfaction upon you.

NGOs in Arakan should realise that the recent violent have left nearly 90,000 Arakanese people homeless, hopeless, outrageous, and fearful. They are in need of everything. We are, however, encouraging our people to go for self-help system by showing our sturdiness.

It was learnt that NGOs just showed up yesterday ( 05.07.2012) to help Arakanese after weeks of absent. But locals didn’t care about your help that came too late to them.

NGOs in Arakan should not encourage racial hatred and should not act to be a one-sided organisation. Supporting only Muslim communities and disrespecting native is totally unacceptable. I therefore would like to encourage NGOs in Arakan to stop creating religious and racial tension in Arakan to avoid further violent.

Just try your best to foster a mutual respect towards all communities in Arakan and remain sensitive towards all cultures. It is imperative for all NGOs staffs to exercise anti-discriminatory practices in order to promote your work with everyone in Arakan.

Before I stop, my last demand to all NGOs, UN, UNHCR, BAJ, AZG in Arakan is to leave my state if you keep showing your unacceptable manners towards non-Muslim communities. We have nothing to feel bad about from your leaving. You have caused us enough pain. Now enough is enough.

Thank you

Aye Maung
Pauktaw, Arakan State

The Rohingya Problem I Know (What is Rohingya) By Min Thein

Won Thar Nu

The Rohingya Problem I Know (What is Rohingya?)
by Min Thein

First and foremost, I would like to express that I am just an ordinary citizen. I am not a scholar nor am I a government official. Therefore, this note I wrote only expresses my view as an ordinary citizen. Even before the clashes in Rakhine State occurred, I observed that the Rohingyas were propagandizing via BBC, and that there were tens of thousands of them living in Rakhine State. I have sub-categorized this article into the following:

1. Where the name "Rohingya" have derived from and their real situation
2. The Feelings of Myanmar People and Their Perspective
3. How the Government Controlled the Situation and Future Prospect, Requirements
4. Problems That Would Derive Because of Their Presence and Solution

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1. Where the name "Rohingya" have derived from and their real situation

Regarding the name of "Rohingya", international media who have been propagandizing for them claim that the name has derived from Rakhine language. But in truth, the name has derived from Bengali, the native language of Bangladesh. The name "Rohingya" in Bengali means "Someone Who Came Back from Another Land". The emphasis is on the phrase "Come Back" and I don't think it needs other explanation. Therefore, we can say that Rohingyas are not Myanmar ethnic nationals.

Secondly, in history there have been wars between Bamar and Rakhines, and Rakhine and Bangladesh. In those history records, there haven't been any mentions of Rohingyas in them. There also have been any history records that contains their name in the records of English-Myanmar wars either. Just because the Rohingya name needed to be concluded, you cannot make General Mahabandoola (or Mg Yit) as Rohingya. The name Mahabandoola is a Pali name of honour that derived from India, and the the name can be found in old Buddhist scriptures.

Let's look at the requests and claims of citizenship, and ethnicity by them. We should first observe and look through the citizenship rules and regulations of the nations who are the leaders of human rights and democracy such as Britain, America, Canada, Australia and other modern European nations. The first thing you would notice is that in order to become a citizen, they would need to know the official language of that country. Yet, Rohingyas rarely know how to speak the local Rakhine language, let alone the Burmese language. Even those who migrated deep into the middle of Myanmar by bribing immigration officers do not know how to speak the Burmese language. There are many ethnic races living in Myanmar, and there are many citizens of different races and religion living in Myanmar who knew how to speak Burmese because of closeness. Yet, the way how the Rohingyas living Myanmar in tens of thousands but does not know how to speak Myanmar shows how they are not even close to being a native ethnic race from Myanmar.

From what I observed from current situations, I despised Rohingyas but also felt pity towards them. I despise them because they faked history and lied. I pity them because of their condition of having to live a life without having any values of being human. Young women gets marry at the age of 12. It is a very low-standard society where things such as the son sleeping with the wife of the father, if allowed, or the father-in-law sleeping with daughter-in-law is not uncommon. A man can legally marry 4 wives. There are no guarantees for living, and they just live to live. A friend said that they only have two functions: running and giving birth. A doctor who came back from their camp said that their living standards is very low, contact many diseases, do not know any Burmese or are educated, and are living like gypsies. What we have to worry about is their birth rate. We should not forget that their birth rate is very very high. Just imagine the birth rate of a woman who married when she was 12 years old. Multiply that by four. You will see that their birthrate is the highest in the world. Therefore, I cannot think of how the male of the household works to be able to support them all.

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2. The Feelings of Myanmar People and Their Perspective

Myanmar nationals have had the experience of communicating with people of different races and religions. But we have no ill feelings towards them as long as they do not hurt us. This is not related to the government, but just the feeling of the citizens. This is the Myanmar people's flexibility and honesty. However, the Myanmar people are angry that some "foreigners" are forging history and lying that they were ethnic races from Myanmar. The Rakhine people would definitely feel angrier than us. I understand how they would feel.

On the other side, Myanmar Muslims finds it hard to accept this truth. The Koran stated that Muslims have to protect each other. This fact is a very dangerous problem for Myanmar Muslims. Myanmar Muslims are also very different from other Myanmar national races because of their appearance, language and culture. The way they keep their beards long, the way they wear caps when they go to mosques, different appearances and speaks in Arabic language - Myanmar people have been understanding of their culture. But "would they understand our culture?" That is the biggest suspicion we have in our heart. Whether they will support the Myanmar people as fellow citizens instead of the Rohingyas who have the same religion and culture is, for us, a very complicated thing to understand. It depends highly on the Myanmar Muslims to get rid of these suspicions. Indonesia and Malaysia are Muslim countries, but some of us know that there are hardly any women who are walking around on the streets wearing headscarves. Therefore it would be best if they would accept changes when they are necessary. It is the deep desire of the Myanmar people that Myanmar Muslims are also regarded as citizens of Myanmar.

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3. How the Government Controlled the Situation and Future Prospect, Requirements

It's true that the current government has transited from dictatorship to civilian government, but as it wants to boost its image internationally, it makes things more problematic. During the dictatorships such as U Ne Win and U Than Shwe, they clearly and effectively eradicated rebellions (Mujahid included), and mass demonstrations within the country, but the current government cannot take such actions. That is a problem that they face. But I would like it if the government will take firm actions on this matter.

There is a gentleman way of solving this problem. We can let them keep these Bengalis keep their name as Rohingyas. We will place them at refugee camps. Via military force, we can limit and control their ability to live beyond those areas and restriction of entry into other areas. Then UN agencies and other NGOs can take responsibility for them with their money. And we would also have to tighten the security on the borders so that more would not come in. The Third Countries around the world who respects human rights can accept these Rohingyas as refugees within their countries also. (Which I highly doubt that they will do. They will only make sounds. They will just say that these refugees do not meet with their rules and regulations to be accepted, and just ignore them)

Another thing that we have to worry about is terrorism. Terrorists can easily persuade those who are living in extreme poverty. Now, we get to know that terrorists who are in connection with Al-Qaeda are systematically fusing connections with organizations which are connected with Rohingyas. This is a very dangerous thing for Myanmar. The simple truth is that all of Myanmar people do not want their land to become a hideout or a base for world terrorist organizations.

Another thing I would like to point out is that former Bengalis have gotten into the Hluttaw as representatives. USDP Party and also the Hluttaw should recheck this situation and take action. They should remove such people from Hluttaw, and also arrest them for breaking citizenship laws. The way that they got into the Hluttaw, which is the judicial pillar of the country, is in contempt of our sovereignty, and also it is very shameful act for the USDP Party. Maintaining sovereignty is one of the main three duties of the Constitution, and also one of the five promises that USDP had made to the people of Myanmar.

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4. Problems That Would Derive Because of Their Presence and Solution

No one would put a tiger into a cattle ranch because you felt pity for the tiger. These Bengalis are a threat to us, however you look at them - as a group of people with terrorist threat, or due to the economical condition of being a developing country, or as liars who are demanding the same rights as ethnic Myanmar people. You have to keep in mind that whichever of the three aspects you look at, the unbelievably high birthrate and their sub-standard culture will create unsolvable problems (such as HIV/AIDS, and sexually transmitted diseases, incurable contagious diseases) that will last not only within this generation but also to another 4 or 5 generations.

Just because we don't want to accept them, we can't say "Kill them all." It will be a genocide, a big crime. Myanmar people are not Nazis killers. On the other hand, they are still a threat to us because of terrorism, swallowing us up with their population, and their substandard culture.

The imminent threat of them killing or looting the Rakhines and Bamars living in the area, and group bullying is very high. Therefore, responsible officials should neglect the current situations, and should take control of this situation strictly and firmly, and assist them in systematic transporting to Third Countries, and to control with armed forces for future problems and clashes. I don't see any other ways to take control of this situation. What Thai Marine General said, "If there are any other countries who want to accept them, take them" was not wrong. So there are only three exits for them: 1. Run back to Bangladesh 2. Row out into the sea 3. Go and live in Third Countries as much as those countries can accept.

The most humane way would be for Myanmar to open refugee camps (like Burmese refugee camps in Thailand), and if there are any countries that want to accept them, they are free to take them away. UN and INGOs can take care of food and security. The army can tighten control so that they don't cross into another area, and don't create clashes.

I wrote this so that people can think this through. I accept that there would be different opinions. Thank you.
Min Thein
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