Ethnic Rohingya Committee of Malaysia

June 05, 2013 Firefighters extinguish a fire during a riot between Buddhist and Muslims in Lashio township May 29, 2013. — Reuters pic KUALA LUMPUR, June 5 ― Deadly clashes between Muslims and Buddhists in Myanmar have spread to Malaysia, which both employs a large Burmese workforce and is home to one of the biggest Rohingya Muslim population outside of the country.

Source  worldbulletin , 2 April As the attacks on the Rohingya Muslim minority in Myanmar  continue , calls for the international community's support increase. A Special Representative in the UN Secretary-General, has assessed the violence in Myanmar by stating "the support of the international community is necessary for the Rohingya Muslims." for humanitarian aid / support of the international community needed.'' In an interview with Turkish media, Vijay Nambiar— a Special Representative in the UN Secretary-General—reminded that the attacks against the Muslim minority in the Arakan state of Myanmar have been ongoing since last year.

Source  Tricycle , 22 Mar Just hours ago, Burmese President Thein Sein declared a state of emergency in central Burma due to killing, destruction of property, and general rioting in the streets of the town of Meikhtila. Violence erupted following  a dispute between a Muslim gold shop owner and Buddhist customers.  After four nearby gold shops were burnt to the ground, a 1,000-strong mob of Buddhists ran riot through the Muslim neighborhood. The death toll is currently being reported at at least 20, but this number will likely rise.  TIME  reports: Journalists attempting to report in the area have been threatened. A photographer for the Associated Press reportedly had a foot-long dagger placed against his neck by a monk who had his face covered. The confrontation was defused when the photographer handed over his camera's  memory card .  Late on Friday, the Burmese government said that nine reporters trapped amid the unrest had been rescued by...

Source  Mayu Press , 17 Mar   The Burmese authority had imposed curfew only to Rohingya not to move one place to another since June 2012 racial violence in Arakan state. It causes Rohingya facing difficulties with hygienic foods, proper treatments, and necessary house hold materials and so on. Amongst the suffering people shortage with daily survival food stuffs, three Rohingya men from Sinn Gyi Pyan helmet of Barbutaung village, Minbya Township leaved with engine boat to buy foods for the own villagers towards Letmagye , Nagaya Village on Thursday, 14 March 2013. Those three Rohingya were brutally killed on their water way by the Rakhine extremists. The dead bodies were found near Maroung Bwe Chaung Bridge of Bu Talonk village under the track of Mauk Oo on 16 March 2013. There were also some security personnel based in Myauk Oo Ka-ma-ya (380) when the dead bodies picking up from the water to the land. They got the dead bodies with many injures and wounds of kn...

by Abid Bahar,   A Rakhine sponsored seminar took place in Bangkok at Mahidol University on March 9, 2013. The objective it says was: " the introduction of Rakhine history to the international community, to correct a continued description of Rohingya by international media that is not recognised by successive Myanmar governments, and to bring reliable references of Rakhine history from international historians," said Kyaw Thaung, one of the seminar's organisers."  So far so good but a detailed understanding shows the seminar wanted to prove that there were no Rohingya in Arakan. In dealing with this issue several items need additional focus: (1) The point is, if there were no Rakhine in Arakan why the racist Military junta by Ne Win had to pass the 1982 law? Why lately Arakanese historic Rohingya names had to be changed into Rakhine Mogh sounding names? Why there are historic Rohingya mosques and monuments in Arakan? Why UN was involved in dealing with...

Source  webindia , 2 Mar   Indian Coast Guard Ship C-145 and Aruna Asaf Ali in a precise and crisp operation rescued 108 precious human lives during an operation which lasted night of February 28 and early hours of March 1 from high seas. 'The operation was initially launched, in response of panic calls requesting CG assistance raised by M/s Punj Lloyd, Mumbai complaining illegal  entry  by some unknown people onboard barge Gunpati, which was being towed from Myanmar to Mumbai,' Commandant SSN Bajpai, Chief Staff Officer (Operations) of A & N Coast Guard region told UNI today. Commandant Bajpai added that Tug Star Jakarta which was towing unmanned barge Ganpati from Myanmar to Mumbai reported illegal entry of about 15 people onboard barge Ganpati and presence of some boats in vicinity on February 28 at 1620 hours. 'On receipt of the  information , Interceptor Boat C-145 under the command of Comdt(JG) SR Nagendrgan was pressed into action and ship...

Source Kaladan Press, 2 Mar Maungdaw, Arakan State:  Secrete killings of Rohingya community is going increased in Maungdaw since beginning of 2013, according to an officer from Maungdaw, who didn't want to named. The dead body of Sayed Ullah on the ground "There are more than 13 Rohingyas and one Rakhine were killed by unknown miscreants, but most of Rohingya believed the killing was made by security forces, Natala villagers and case-fire arms group – Rakhine." The authority also didn't able to find out or arrest, the killers of innocence people- Rohingyas and Rakhine-and the situation in northern Arakan seen, Rohingyas are sufferer and facing so many harassment but some Rohingyas stand to fight for their rights and some leaves their home land, the officer said. Sayed Ullah (35), son of Mohamed Siddique hailed from Udaung village under Burma border security force (Nasaka) area 8, Maungdaw is a Rohingya – betel leaves farmer – was killed in his betel leaves ...

Source extracted from FB, 2 Mar  Written by Goshal Lay No diplomat opens their hearts and mind to point out Myanmar's presidential tour of five countries in Europe recently about the deadlocks to change in Myanmar is conscripting children to become soldiers serving in Myanmar armed forces by building 432 children shelters (Ye Moon Camps) through the country. Myanmar tricky government laid the children saving projects around the country since 1965 to now and the children who are cored and threaded to follow military force collectors or recruiters are suffering for lack of education and social relationship knowledge during military rehabilitation centers, where most of kids are fatherless and motherless from around the country because of famine, civil war and rough weather as Cyclone Nargis in Irrawaddy delta and Giri in Rakhine State. But the Myanmar military released two dozen children from service as part of a pledge to end conscription practices, a U.N. before the Pre...

Source  unreported news of Rohingya , Rakhine rebel forces are continuously occupying all over Kyauktaw town and the government forces are unable to control them from continuously occupying the territory and waging attacks against Rohingya people. The military forces who are guarding Rohingya villages in the town areas say that they don't have enough forces to deploy more than four forces per house therefore the villagers must find own save place. Some villagers have digged-up holes and channels in preparation of hiding. It has been more than 7 months now one million of Rohingya, Kaman and Rakhine muslim population in ten different towns across all over Arakan State of Western Burma have been confined without food supply and facing additional abuses. Beside, there are another 200,000 are ending up in concentration camps monitored by government forces. All of them are dying slowly from starvation and the death tool increases from 7 to 20 persons in every week.

Source-  Unreported news of Rohingya , Kyauktaw town 10 Feb  (BRAT- Mg Kyaw Nu):  Lahsaungkok  and  Zaila fara  (fishing village) are surrounded by Rakhine people and aggressive attacks have been carried-out from 2 Feb 2012. By afternoon 2pm of 10 Feb, a Rohingya, Norjun's house  Lahsaungkok (baró fara),  was set fire by a gang of Rakhine. But, local authorities arrest Rohingya villagers and extort money from them. Recently two battalions have been shifted to Kyauktaw from Maungdaw. The Rohingya villagers understood that it is only additional preparation for own military purposes since Rakhine rebel forces have continuously entering into the town. 8 Feb  (ERCA- Rofiq) :  A boat load with about 200 arms, was apprehanded by government military in a Rakhine village of  Taungpauk  village. Earlier this, about 20 items of hidden bombs in a Mro village call  Athak Gauk Rwa , were discovered after a ...

Source  Eldersledge , 8 Jan   A Look At The Blockades' Affects (part of  The Darkness Visible  series) ( December 03, 2012 Rohingya Children Starving in Burma ) In Burma the blockades still stand. Living testaments to the savagery of a government dedicated to the annihilation of the Rohingya, the police and military still hold back much needed food, water, and medicines.  This incredibly disturbing method of warfare is dead set on starving the Rohingya out of existence. And yet for the past few months I have been unable to pinpoint where and how this method was being used. Today that changed. Thanks to Jamila Hanan, an activist on Twitter, I was able to finally get my hands on some hard facts. The information however is nothing to be celebrated. For the man who sent it out of Burma is still stuck inside living the same hell his Rohingya brothers are suffering through. Aung Aung posted the following information earlier this month. ( Life For The Roh...

Source  Bankokpost , 18 Jan   BANGKOK - Thailand would have to shoulder full responsibility for the wellbeing of the Rohingya refuges if a camp was up for them in this country, Supreme Commander Thanasak Patimapakorn warned on Friday. "It is up to the government to decide whether or not a Rohingya refugee camp is to be established," Gen Thanasak said. "In terms of humanitarian assistance, we'll initially provide them with food and shelter in accordance to regulations, but in the long run they'll have to leave. "Foreign countries want Thailand to help the Rohingya, but they don't  offer  to help us with it." He called on all relevant agencies to jointly find a solution to the Rohingya problem. The supreme commander said Thailand was merely a transit point for the Rohingya migrants, not their intended destination. They were not invading the country, he added. Rohingya migrants are being held at Thung Lung police station in Songkhla'...

Rohingyablogger , 8 Jan: 70 Families Escaping Killed and Raped   Buthidaung: Recently, a group of 70 Rohingya families from Ky auktaw crossed the mountain to come to Buthidaung (particularly to Fuimali village ) due to unbearable situations there and starvation as Rakhines and the authorities blocked all sources of food supply to Rohingya people. On the way many including women and children were brutally killed and raped by Rakhines, Murung, and Naskaka. Many women were seen brought naked without clothes into the Fuimali villages by Nasaka as witnessed by many in the Fuimali markets. Furthermore, those who helped the victims were detained by Nasaka or released by offering hefty money. The situation is by no means bearable by any human beings and the Rakhines and the authorities are fully responsible for all these inhuman crimes against humanity.     Kaladanpress , 7 Dec: Mosque destroyed by Nasaka in Maungdaw Maungdaw, Arakan State: A Mosque (10 yards...

Source  m-mediagrop , 27 Dec   The Rakhine Nationalities Development Party (RNDP) was sent in and warned by the Union Election Commission on 25 December in Nay Pyi Taw about three matters. Among the three matters is the writing offending Islam and Muslims of Myanmar featured in the Toe-Tat-Yay Newsletter (Volume 2, Issue 12), a political publication of the RNDP. The author with the pseudonym "Marga Thitsar" of the article, titled "If Rakhine State Disintegrates" and featured in the Toe-Tat-Yay, hatefully insults Islam and Muslims of Myanmar. By violating (i) the Constitution, (ii) existing laws, and (iii) the Political Parties  Registration  Law, the official political publication of the RNDP leader Dr. Aye Maung who himself chairs the  Citizens ' Fundamental  Rights , Democracy and Human  Rights Committee at the Amyotha Hluttaw (the Upper House) has  committed the following- (a) Offense against Islam adhered by millions of people ...

Source  Rohingyablogger , 29 Dec Maung Daw, Arakan  - Since 5AM this morning, the village of Khadir Bil (Nyaung Chaung), Maung Daw has been under the besiege and blockage of a joint department of Police, Hluntin (Security Forces), NaSaKa (Border Security Froces) and Military. The joint department is carrying out mass arbitrary arrests of innocent Rohingyas in the village. "At 5AM, a joint department of Police, Hluntin (Security Forces), NaSaKa (Border Security Froces) and Military besieged the village Khadir Bil (Nyaung Chaung).They have put blockades around the village since then so that no Rohingya from the village can escape. Now the joint department is raiding every house in the village and arbitrarily arresting innocent Rohingyas. Besides, they have been harassing Rohingya women in the village. Meanwhile, some innocent Rohingyas are being released after extorting money. U Khin Maung Shwe [sic], the Judge of the Court of Maung Daw Tsp, has been issuing a...