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Myanmar says Rohingyans not their people, blame Bangladesh |
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January 29, 2009
by Bupha Ravirot A Myanmar official denied on Thursday that boat people from the Muslim Rohingya ethnic group is not from western of Myanmar but Bangladesh.
Earlier the human rights groups have said the Rohingya, who have been washed up in Thailand, originally come from Myanmar's western region and often flee persecution by the junta. Recently, the official of Myanmar said the group were from Bangladesh and had no historical connection with Myanmar.
"It is totally unacceptable to say the Rohingya are from Myanmar," said the official, who refused to be named as he was not authorized to speak to the media. He also claimed that the reports were untrue.
"(It's) not our problem. It's the problem of Bangladesh," he added.
Thailand has been accused of mistreating up to 1,000 Rohingya migrants, hundreds of whom were rescued off India and Indonesia last month claiming they had been beaten by Thai soldiers and towed back out to sea.
Regarding the human right group, about 700,000 Rohingyas in Myanmar were long been denied citizenship and faces religious persecution and crippling poverty and further 78 boat people were detained this week on arriving in Thailand, supposedly from Myanmar, and await deportation.Content navigation Previous: Leading Thai-Indian scholars to speak at a seminar by Jet Airways at The Great Indian Education Fair
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