The Stateless Rohingya Blog

              Muhyiddin launching the humanitarian mission PORT KLANG: A ship carrying 500 tonnes of necessities for Rohingya refugees has left for Myanmar. The  Sinar Bima  commercial vessel was flagged off by  Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin  at Northport Tuesday.

Maungdaw, Arakan State: Some of Maungdaw police officers along with some of local Rakhine leaders have listed recently more 190 Rohingyas after discussion to be arrested in Maungdaw Township, said a local elder who denied to be named. “The police will arrest villagers from Maungdaw town and the villagers of Maundaw south, especially from Naska area No.7 and 8.”

Robert Hormats, the US Under-Secretary of State for Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs, speaks during an interview in New York in March. (PHOTO: Reuters) WASHINGTON—As Burmese President Thein Sein left his country on what is being billed as a “historic” visit to the United States, a top Obama administration official on Monday said the US needs to partner with India to unlock the vast potential emerging out of the region. “The development of trade and transit links between Southeast and East Asia has been hindered for decades by poor regional infrastructure connectivity, the isolation of the Burmese government, and political mistrust between India and its neighbors,” the Under-Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy and Environment, Robert Hormats, said in his address to the India Investment Forum in New York.

Maungdaw, Arakan State:   Maungdaw concerned authorities are holding a so-called arrest warrant to harass Rohingya community, according to a village administration officer from Maungdaw. “The so-called arrest warrant was declared at the meeting of Maungdaw district administration office with Rohingya village admins officers  and Rohingya elders on last week.”

Maungdaw, Arakan State:  Nasaka (Burma’s border security force) personnel, military and police are continuing arrest and harass the Rohingya Muslims in Maungdaw, said a local elder on condition of anonymity. “Many Rohingyas were arrested over the allegation that they were involved in the recent communal violence which was happened in June 8.”

Rohingya sit in a tractor loaded with bags of donated rice outside a temporary relief camp on the outskirts of Sittwe in June. Photo: AFP Since May this year, Myanmar has witnessed an escalation in the simmering tension between two groups of people in Rakhine State. The violence between the Rakhine (also known as Arakan) and Rohingya (also known as Bengali) has led to the death of at least 88 people and displacement of thousands of others. Unofficial reports, however, put the number of deaths in the hundreds.

Illustration: Sun Ying   Aung San Suu Kyi, leader of Myanmar's National League for Democracy, is visiting the US now but her trip has come under domestic criticism as she failed to speak up for nearly 800,000 Rohingya Muslims living in the country.   Since May of this year, Myanmar has witnessed an escalation of simmering tensions between two different groups of people in Rakhine state. The violence between the Rakhines (Arakans) and Rohingyas has led to the deaths of 88 people, as of August 22, and the displacement of thousands of others. Unofficial reports, however, put the death toll in the hundreds.