The Stateless Rohingya Blog

Maungdaw, Arakan State:   Burma’s border security force, or Nasaka resumed extortion money from Rohingya villages in Maungdaw Township since November last week, a trader from the locality who denied to be named. Money extortion from Rohingya villagers by Nasaka personnel after checking family lists was nearly stopped after broken out violence between Rohingya and Rakhine Communities in June this year.

Sunday, December 2, 2012 BRUNEI is in a unique position to address the plight of the Muslim Rohingya people in Myanmar who are facing persecution and ethnic cleansing, the chief of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) said yesterday. "Brunei being both a member of OIC and ASEAN is in a unique position to help address the violation of human rights and the plight of the Rohingya people, particularly (since) they are suffering from ethnic cleansing," said Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu at a press conference following a public lecture he gave atUniversiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD).

Maungdaw, Arakan State:  Police officer from Maungdaw police station entered to a public compound without holding search warrant on December 2, morning, according to a relative of victim.  “U Tin Hla, the police officer entered the compound of Rafique – a teashop owner – without search warrant and arrested Rafique and his son.”

  By Dr. Habib Siddiqui To many Burmese and Rakhine Buddhists of today’s Myanmar the existence of the non-Buddhist Rohingya people is mostly seen as a direct result of Indian, or more particularly, Bengali immigration during the post-1826 era of British occupation of the territories.

Nobel laureate’s double standards toe line of pro-Western “pivot” toward Asia and the recolonization of Myanmar. In its article, “ Suu Kyi demands apology for mine violence ,” Bangkok Post reported that: Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has demanded an apology for monks hurt in a violent police crackdown at a Chinese copper mine protest, after she held talks with the two sides. The “monks” form the foundation of Suu Kyi’s so-called “pro-democracy” movement, as well as the  leading front carrying out genocidal violence  against Myanmar’s Rohingya population. Suu Kyi’s recent demand for an apology stands in stark contrast to her habitual silence over the plight of the Rohingya. The common denominator behind this consistent hypocrisy is the targeting of Chinese interests across the country.

December 1, Sittwe (Akyab), Arakan:  At 4:20 PM today, five internally displaced Rohingyas at Thay-Chaung Refugee Camp were gunshot by Police. These IDPs have been taking refuge there since the state-sponsored ethnic cleansing against them started in June 2012. A Rohingya Elder from Sittwe said “the Police, all of sudden and without informing in advance, came to the Thay-Chaung Refugee Camp and started to force internally displaced Rohingyas (IDRs) to shift to Say Thar Ma (Sandama) Camp located in a remote, isolated and deserted area. In the area, it is very difficult to get access to clean water, food and medical facilities and transportation is also very bad.