ETHNIC VIOLENCE ERUPTS IN MYANMAR AGAIN

[The news report below was lifted from ‘The Irrawaddy’  - “a newsmagazine published by the Irrawaddy Publishing Group, founded in 1992 by Burmese exiles living in Thailand. Wikipedia”]

Kyaukpyu’s Muslim Quarter Razed to the Ground

By LAWI WENG / THE IRRAWADDY| October 25, 2012 | 16

[Some 800 homes belonging to Rohingya Muslims were burnt down in Pauktaw on Thursday, Oct. 25, 2012 (PHOTO: Thi Ha / Facebook]

Several hundred Rohingya people have fled their burning homes in Kyaukpyu Township and taken to the sea after deadly clashes on Tuesday night.

A local source told The Irrawaddy that the entire Muslim quarter – more than 300 houses belonging to the Rohingya community was burned to the ground by Arakanese Buddhist [Rakhine] residents who were angry at reports that three local Rakhine men had been killed. An unknown number of Rohingyas were killed in Tuesday night’s violence.  Eleven persons were reportedly admitted to hospital after rival groups clashed with machetes and other weapons.

The following day, 80 boats full of fleeing Rohingyas were spotted heading to open water.  The source said that 54 boats departed from Kyaukpyu 12:30 in the afternoon and another 26 boats left around 5 pm.

“There is no one left in the Muslim quarter.” He said. “They have all fled and were heading to Sittwe.”

Sittwe is the capital of Arakan State.  The Rohingya boat people are thought to be seeking the shelter of a neighborhood in the city where security is overseen by state authorities.

A resident from Kyaukpyu Township told The Irrawaddy on Thursday morning that tensions were high in the town and that the army had been deployed.

Burma’s state-run media reported on Thursday that only 69 houses were burned down and 20 persons were wounded on Tuesday night, while on Wednesday morning one person was killed, eight were wounded and some 700 houses were torched.

The Burmese service of BBC radio reported on Wednesday that 20 Rohingyas and six Rakhine men had been killed in riots in Myebon Township.  It said that some 200 Rohingya people from Myebon had been made homeless and had fled in fear to the mountainous jungle nearby.

The resurgence in sectarian violence follows incidents earlier this week in Minbyar Township where one Rakhine man and two Rohingya women were killed.  The violence then spread to Mrauk-U Township.

Burma’s state-rn media reported on Wednesday that just two people were killed – one Buddhist, one Muslim – in Minbyar and Mrauk-U townships while 1,039 local houses were destroyed.

Thousands of people from both sides of the ongoing conflict have abandoned their villages in fear of reprisals and are currently seeking shelter in other locations.  Many Buddhist Arakanese are reportedly sheltering in Buddhist temples, according to a local source.

The Arakan State government has imposed a curfew in Minbyar and Mrauk-U following the unrest, which began on Sunday night.

Hundreds of Rakhine students protested in Sittwe on Wednesday, claiming that they were unable to study under the security conditions in the city.

Some 70,000 people are estimated to have become homeless since the sectarian violence ignited in June.

Meanwhile, Burma’s opposition party National league for Democraccy on Thursday urged the Burmese government to take further security measures to stop the ongoing violence in Arakan State and re-establish peace and security in townships such as Kyaukpyu, Minbyar, Mrauk-U and Ann.

The 88 Generation Students group also released statement calling on all people in Burma to work together to resolve this conflict, stressing that a solution must be based on democracy and human rights.

[Source:  http://www.irrawaddy.org/archives/17309]

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IS MYANMAR SERIOUS ABOUT NATIONAL RECONCILIATION?

Members of the Rohingya community within and outside Myanmar were initially encouraged by the news that the Myanmarese Government had signed an agreement with the OIC to allow it to establish a liaison office in the country to coordinate the delivery of humanitarian aid to Myanmarese citizens of Rohinyga decent. However, this hope was quickly dashed when President Thein Sein promptly withdrew his Government's agreement with the OIC after Buddhist monks from Sittwe and Mandalay staged forceful  but peaceful demonstrations in these two cities on 10 and 12 October respectively.

President Thein Sein’s flip-flop decision to dishonour the one-month old agreement with the OIC shows that it is still too early to believe that his government is really serious in embarking upon political reforms that he had assured the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon of during their meeting at the UN HQ in New York last month.

The Majlis Ulama Rohingya (MUR)’s leadership is of the opinion that Thein Sein may be engaged in a shrewd political game in which hatred towards the Rohingyas is quietly allowed to fester in the country while no genuine efforts are made towards bringing about national reconciliation between the Buddhists and Rohinya communities.

We repost below a more in-depth report on the response of the OIC towards the cancellation of the Mynamar-OIC agreement. The original article may be viewed at: http://www.irrawaddy.org/archives/16610

17 Oct 2012

By LAWI WENG / THE IRRAWADDY| October 16, 2012 |

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has blasted the Burmese government for reneging on its commitment to allow the group to open an office in Burma, saying that it is not serious about humanitarian issues.

Speaking to The Irrawaddy on Tuesday from the OIC headquarters in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, the director of the Muslim Minorities and Communities Department, Talal Daous, said, “It is an unfortunate thing to happen, because this office is only for humanitarian purposes.

“We have already signed an agreement, but it seems the government of Myanmar [Burma] is not serious about humanitarian issues,” he said.

Hla Thein, a Muslim community leader in Rangoon, said, “The current announcement by the President’s office not to allow the OIC to base [in Burma] is favorable only to the Rakhine people.

Naypyidaw’s move to backtrack on its agreement with the Islamic bloc came after

Buddhist monks led demonstrations in several cities across the country to protest the decision to allow the OIC to open an office.

The President’s Office in Naypyidaw issued a statement on its website on Tuesday saying that it is the wishes of the people that the OIC not be given the right to set up an office in Burma.

However, Talal Daous said that the OIC had not received any official statement from the Burmese government and is still waiting for an answer.

The OIC signed an MoU with the Burmese government on Aug. 11 to open offices for humanitarian purposes in Rangoon and Sittwe. A delegation from the OIC then traveled to Arakan State in September to inspect the aftermath of communal clashes between Muslims and Buddhists in the strife-torn region.

The OIC said that it intends to distribute humanitarian aid to victims from both the Arakanese Buddhist and Muslim Rohingya communities without discrimination.

“We are also urging the international community to help the victims,” said Talal Daous. “From a humanitarian point of view, we are seeking to help all people who were effected by violence.”

He said that the victims continue to suffer.

Hla Thein, a Muslim community leader in Rangoon, said, “The current announcement by the President’s office not to allow the OIC to base [in Burma] is favorable only to the Rakhine people.

“No one will trust this government,” he said. “The Myitsone dam was a similar case when they signed an agreement, but then withdrew it again.  In fact, they should not sign an agreement in the first place if they’re going to act like that.”

Chris Lewa, an NGO coordinator working with the Rohingya in western Arakan State, said, “I can understand why people feel threatened by an OIC presence in Sittwe, although I don’t see why the OIC should not have a diplomatic presence in Yangon [Rangoon] as other regional bodies do.

“The Burmese government has now changed its mind as it already has too many conflicts on its hands and does not want to antagonize people, especially monks with a strong moral authority, and it wants to avoid at all costs any further unrest [which] could be exploited and spread beyond Arakan.”

Lewa, who visited Sittwe as a consultant for Refugees International in September, said, “A lot of humanitarian funding has already been pledged but so far little has actually materialized through the UN and the Myanmar Red Cross Society. The serious dilemma is the issue of segregation. That is why aid has focused on emergency assistance for the displaced—building shelters, food relief and drinking water. But there is an urgent need to also provide better sanitation, health services and education.”

Hla Thein said that Rohingya refugees who do not have enough food will face starvation.

According to Lewa: “The segregation policy in Sittwe is shocking and unacceptable and it will only increase tensions. The government should take drastic action to stop and prosecute extremist Rakhine elements harassing the Muslim population and actively work for a solution and to restore peace and the rule of law.

“Humanitarian assistance alone is not a solution,” she said. “Development assistance should help both communities in the long term once life in Arakan State returns to normalcy. If people in Burma feel that the OIC presence is an interference in the internal affairs of the country, they and the monks should immediately and urgently take responsibility to resolve the conflict peacefully.”

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BUDDHIST MONKS PROTEST OIC’S PLAN TO OPEN LIASON OFFICES IN MYANMAR

[NOTE:  The news report from Reuters is reproduced herebelow.  It is most ironical that the holy people  who are supposed to be concerned for humanitarian welfare should be totally opposed to proposed acts of organized charity that the OIC has decided to pursue in Myammar in the interest of the oppressed Rohingyas]

YANGON | Mon Oct 15, 2012 12:26pm BST

YANGON (Reuters) - Thousands of Buddhist monks marched in Myanmar's two biggest cities on Monday to protest against efforts by the world's biggest Islamic body to help Rohingya Muslims involved in deadly communal clashes four months ago.

The monks, a potent political force in the predominantly Buddhist country, denounced plans by the 57-member Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to set up a liaison office in northwest Rakhine state, where violence erupted in June between ethnic Buddhist Rakhines and Rohingyas.

Just hours after the monks dispersed, President Thein Sein's office announced it would not permit an OIC representation in Myanmar. It was not immediately clear if the announcement was linked to the protests or had been planned in advance.

"The government will not allow the opening of an OIC office as it is not in accordance with the desire of people," said a statement posted on its website.

The monks were joined by ordinary citizens in Yangon and Mandalay. Some carried placards with the words "get out OIC", and "no OIC" and said they would hold demonstrations until the government agreed to their demands.

Despite being one of Asia's most ethnically diverse countries, there is entrenched ill-feeling in Myanmar towards the estimated 800,000 Rohingyas, most of whom live in abject conditions.

Accused of being illegal immigrants and usually referred to as Bengalis because of their South Asian origin, the Rohingyas are not recognised as citizens by Myanmar.

"The OIC is only for Bengalis, not for us," said monk Pyin Nyar Nanda at one of the rallies.

Anger and fear still smoulder between Rohingyas and ethnic Rakhine Buddhists after the spree of arson and machete attacks that killed at least 77 people and displaced tens of thousands.

A delegation from the OIC visited Rakhine state last month after several Muslim countries voiced concern about the welfare of the Rohingyas, whom the United Nations has described as "virtually friendless".

In a report in August, the New York-based Human Rights Watch said it had found evidence of "state-sponsored persecution and discrimination" against the Rohingyas in the weeks after the violence, claims that the government strongly rejected.

While all sides of the political spectrum have called for calm, the issue has become a hot political issue for Nobel laureate and lawmaker Aung San Suu Kyi. She has faced international criticism for failing to speak out in defence of the Rohingyas, who are denied the same rights as Burmese.

During the trouble, many Rohingyas tried to flee in rickety boats to neighbouring Bangladesh, which also refuses to recognise them. Most were turned back by security forces.

The government had earlier indicated it would consider allowing the OIC to open a temporary office in the Rakhine capital, Sittwe, where aid groups and journalists say the two communities remain deeply divided.

(Reporting by Thu Rein Hlaing; Writing by Martin Petty; Editing by Alan Raybould)

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PAS MENYUMBANG SERATUS RIBU UNTUK BANTUAN KEMANUSIAAN MASYARAKAT ROHINGYA DI ARAKAN

Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS) - melalui inisiatif Dewan Pemuda PAS Malaysia (DPMM) - telah menyumbangkan sebanyak RM100,000 (seratus ribu) kepada Majlis Ulama Rohingya (MUR) pada 14 Ogos 2012.

Sumbangan tersebut disampaikan sendiri oleh Presiden Parti Islam SeMalaysia  (PAS), Tuan Guru Haji Hadi Awang kepada Ustaz Mohd. Jaber bin Mohd. Subahan (Pengerusi, Majlis Ulama Rohingya (MUR)) bertempat di Ibu Pejabat PAS, Jalan Raja Laut, Kuala Lumpur. Turut hadir dalam majlis tersebut ialah Dr. Shamsuri Mokhtar (Setiausaha Politik Presiden PAS), Ustaz Nasrudin Hassan (Ketua DPPM), Nurul Islam (Exco DPPM) dan Ustaz Haji Abu Sayyed bin Abdul Malek (Timbalan Pengerusi MUR).

Majlis Ulama Rohingya (MUR) menerima amanah dan tanggungjawab tersebut untuk  mengatur dan menyelaraskan penghantaran serta pengagihan bahan makanan serta keperluan-keperluan lain kepada masyarakat Rohingya di bumi Arakan yang menjadi mangsa tragedi rusuhan kaum yang dahsat pada awal bulan Jun 2012 dahulu. 

Sebuah Jawatankuasa Ad Hoc yang terdiri daripada pemimpin-pemimpin utama MUR dan beberapa pemimpin masyarakat Rohingya lain (yang menjadi ketua kepada beberapa badan kebajikan masyarakat pelarian Rohingya di sekitar Lembah Klang) akan bermesyuarat dalam sehari dua ini bagi mengatur strategi dan kaedah penghantaran dana tersebut kepada beberapa aktivis Muslim di Myanmar yang diamanahkan untuk membeli dan mengagihkan bahan makanan dan keperluan lain kepada puluhan ribu mangsa yang terlibat. 

Aktivis Muslim yang diberi amanah ini adalah dari kalangan ulama yang berwibawa, dan sepertimana yang dimaklumkan terdahulu, amanah tersebut diberikan atas faktor  keimanan dan ketaqwaan individu terpilih yang berpegang kepada prinsip amal makruf nahi mungkar.

Jawatankuasa Ad Hoc tersebut akan memastikan penghantaran bantuan kemanusiaan kali ini sampai kepada mangsa Rohingya yang masih berada di kem-kem perlindungan dan perkampungan yang setakat ini masih kurang menerima bantuan kemanusiaan samada daripada agensi antarabangsa atau pun badan-badan sukarela dari Malaysia. Antara tempat-tempat yang akan dipertimbangkan  adalah Kiyoktaw, Sandowe, Paktu, Kyukpyu, Merohang, Rambri, Pununaijjuin, dan termasuk juga beberapa daerah di  Bandar  Akyab (Sittwe), Rasidaung, Busidaung dan Maungdaw.

Sumbangan daripada PAS ini adalah antara sumbangan terbesar yang pernah diterima oleh MUR untuk masyarakat Rohingya di Arakan.

Pimpinan Majlis Ulama Rohingya (MUR) mengambil kesempatan ini mengucapkan setinggi penghargaan dan ribuan terima kasih kepada para dermawan rakyat Malaysia yang telah membuat sumbangan fi sabil Allah anjuran PAS bagi menyelamatkan masyarakat Rohingya di bumi Arakan. 

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BANTUAN KEMANUSIAAN DARI KELAB PUTERA 1MALAYSIA (KP1M) SAMPAI KEPADA MANGSA ETNIK ROHINGYA DI SITTWE

Blog Agenda Daily melaporkan bahawa bantuan kemanusiaan dari Malaysia atas inisiatif  Kelab Putera 1Malaysia (KP1M) sudah mula diagihkan kepada penghuni masyarakat Rohingya yang ditempatkan di kem-kem perlindungan sementara tidak jauh dari bandar Sittwe petang Isnin (8/10/2012).

“Berat mata memandang...berat lagi bahu memikul. Suasananya memang sayu dan menyedihkan”. Itulah ungkapan yang diceritakan oleh Mohamed Heikal dan Mohd. Helmi Jaafar, wartawan Agenda Daily. 

Jelas mereka lagi’ “Wajah kesyukuran jelas tergambar pada ratusan pelarian masyarakat Islam Rohingya di Kem Thekebyin dan Kem Baw Dhu Pa serta di Kampung Baw Dhu Pha sewaktu bantuan 100 tan makanan disampaikan.” 

Di laman ini dipaparkan beberapa gambar diperolehi dari blog Agenda Daily yang menyentuh jiwa dan raga kita - terpancar wajah-wajah insan yang dalam keadaan yang amat menderita, menagih simpati untuk mendapat sedikit makanan bagi mengalas perut yang lapar.

Terima kasih kepada pihak yang menghulur bantuan. Semoga Allah s.w.t memberi ganjaran pahala setimpal atas usaha murni pimpinan Kelab Putera 1Malaysia (KP1M).  


Pengerusi, Majlis Ulama Rohingya (MUR) terus merayu kepada agensi-agensi kerajaan, pertubuhan-pertubuhan siasah, NGO-NGO Muslim dan Bukan-Muslim, institusi zakat serta badan amal di Malaysia akan terus menghulurkan bantuan bagi menyelamatkan masyarakat Islam Rohingya di Arakan.  Jumlah penduduk Rohingya yang kehilangan tempat tinggal begitu ramai - dianggarkan sekitar 60,000. Itu tidak termasuk puluhan ribu mangsa yang turut terlibat dalam tragedi berdarah di wilayah lain di Arakan.

Kepada saudara masyarakat Rohingya yang dalam kesulitan hidup diharap sentiasa berdoa untuk mendapatkan pertolongan dan perlindungan daripada Allah s.wt.

Firman Allah s.w.t yang bermaksud:-

“Atau siapakah yang memperkenankan (doa) orang yang dalam kesulitan apabila ia berdoa kepadaNya. Dan Yang menghilangkan kesusahan” [An Naml:62]

 “Berdoalah kepada Ku, nescaya akan Ku perkenankan bagimu” [Ghafir:60]

Insya’Allah, Allah Yang Maha Esa akan maqbulkan doa kita:-

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KELAB PUTRA 1MALAYSIA (KP1M) MENGHANTAR BANTUAN KEMANUSIAAN KEPADA MANGSA TRAGEDI RUSUHAN ETNIK DI ARAKAN, MYANMAR

Blog Kelab 1Malaysia 

(http://siemens-melayumaju.blogspot.com/2012/10/gambar-terbaharu-misi-rohingya-kelab.html) melaporkan bahawa setakat ini urusan misi kemanusiaan KP1M untuk membantu penderitaan masyarakat Rohingya di Myanmar nampak berjalan agak lancar. 

Rombongan utama misi tersebut diketuai oleh Presiden KP1M Datuk Azeez Abdul Rahim yang tiba di Yangon pada Sabtu 6 Oktober. Rombongan tersebut berlepas dari Yangon dengan pesawat komersial tempatan ke bandar perlabuhan Sittwe (Akyab) pada tengahari Ahad.

Ketibaan Datuk Azeez dan rombongan disambut baik oleh Ketua Menteri Wilayah Rakhine, Hla Maung Tin di lapangan terbang,turut sama ialah Menteri Hal Ehwal Sempadan  Myanmar, Mejar General Zaw Winn dan Duta Malaysia di Myanmar, Dr. Ahmad Faizal Muhamad.

Sejurus selepas itu, Datuk Azeez serta Ketua Menteri Rakhine dan Menteri Hal Ehwal Sempadan Myanmar, Duta Malaysia, Ketua Sami Buddha Malaysia Datuk K. Sri Dhammarathana dan 8 orang wakil media dari Malaysia telah melawat Kuil Lawka Nandar - kuil terbesar di daerah Sittwe. 

Disitu mereka telah mengadakan pertemuan dengan Ketua sami Buddha daerah Sittwe, Badanda Pentita. Tujuan pertemuan itu 

adalah untuk memberitahu mengenai tujuan misi bantuan kemanusiaan anjuran Kelab Putera 1Malaysia.

Ketua Sami Buddha Malaysia memberitahu bahawa Malaysia juga merupakan satu negara yang mempunyai masyarakat berbilang kaum dan hidup dalam suasana yang penuh harmoni atas semangat perpaduan. Wakil rombongan juga dibawa melawat kuil tersebut. 

Blog Kelab 1Malaysia juga melaporkan pada hari Isnin, 8 Oktober 2012 misi tersebut akan memulakan usaha agihan bantuan.  Mengikut rancangan mereka, bantuan akan diagihkan kepada 2 buah kem pelarian masyarakat Islam Rohingya dan 2 lagi kepada kem pelarian yang dihuni oleh mereka yang beragama Buddha.

Melalui laporan akhbar Sinar Harian (Isnin, 8 Oktober 2012) kapal misi kemanusiaan dari Malaysia dengan muatan 500 tan barangan tiba pada pagi 8 Oktober.

“Sejurus kapal tiba, barangan keperluan akan diagihkan kepada kem-kem penempatan sementara masyarakat Muslim dan Buddha yang dipilih oleh kerajaan Myanmar.”               

Datuk Azeez Rahim dilaporkan berkata selain bantuan lebih 500 tan makanan serta keperluan lain, pihaknya turut menyediakan 10,000 helai kelambu untuk diagihkan kepada penghuni di kem penempatan sementara bagi membendung penyakit Malaria.

Kepimpinan Majlis Ulama Rohingya (MUR) ingin mengambil kesempatan ini mengucapkan setinggi penghargaan dan terima kasih kepada usaha murni pimpinan Kelab Putera 1Malaysia ini kerana berjaya menghulurkan bantuan kemanusiaan disamping memupuk dan membaikpulih hubungan persahabatan antara masyarakat Islam dan masyarakat Buddha – khususnya di tempat-tempat yang bergolak di wilayah Arakan.

Amatlah diharapkan semoga mangsa tragedi dari etnik Rohingya yang tinggal di sekitar bandar-bandar Maungdaw dan Butidaung juga tidak terlepas pandang oleh pihak kerajaan dan NGO dari Malaysia bagi menerima bantuan kemanusiaan.

Oleh itu, marilah sama-sama kita berdoa semoga Allah s.w.t memberi perlindungan dan keselamatan kepada masyarakat Rohingya yang terperangkap dibumi Arakan dan berharap pemerintah Myanmar berusaha bersungguh-sungguh untuk menegakkan keadilan serta menghapuskan segera dasar diskriminasi terhadap masyarakat Islam  Rohingya di bumi Arakan.

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SETIAUSAHA AGUNG PBB MENASIHATI OIC SUPAYA ISU ROHINGYA DITANGANI SECARA BERHATI-HATI!

Melalui laporan yang diperolehi daripada beberapa agensi media antarabangsa, Perhimpunan Agung Bangsa-Bangsa Bersatu yang bersidang kali ke-67, berlangsung di Ibu Pejabat PBB, New York pada 28 September 2012 tidak membincangkan isu mengenai rusuhan kaum yang berlaku di Rakhine State (dahulu dikenali Arakan), Myanmar secara terbuka.

Setiausaha Agung PBB, Ban Ki-moon (bawah), dikatakan hanya mengadakan pertemuan dengan Presiden Thein Sein dan Profesor Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu (Setiausaha Agung OIC - badan Islam terbesar di dunia, yang mewakili 57 negara Islam) - secara berasingan.

Ban Ki-moon dikatakan telah menasihatkan Setiausaha Agung OIC supaya menangani isu Rohingya Muslim yang tidak bernegara di Myanmar secara berhati-hati oleh kerana permasaalahan tentang pergeseran kaum ini boleh memberi kesan dan implikasi yang lebih besar kepada proses reformasi demokrasi yang sedang giat diusahakan oleh pemimpin separa tentera Myanmar sekarang.

Dalam kenyataan yang dikeluarkan selepas pertemuan antara Ban Ki-moon dengan Thein Sein kedua-dua mereka dikatakan membincangkan juga langkah-langkah segera dan jangka panjang untuk meningkatkan harmoni antara kaum serta menangani akar umbi punca permasalahan ketegangan yang berlaku, termasuk juga usaha-usaha pembangunan.

Usaha pembaharuan yang dilakukan oleh pemerintahan sekarang tercemar dengan tercetusnya rusuhan kaum antara etnik Rakhine Buddhist dan etnik Rohingya yang mengakibatkan ramai mangsa terbunuh dan menjadikan beratus ribu yang kehilangan tempat tinggal akibat dari kemusnahan tempat tinggal dan kampung halaman mereka.

Banyak laporan yang mendakwa pengganas Rakhine yang dibantu oleh pihak tentera dan polis telah membunuh, merogol wanita dan anak gadis serta menahan ratusan pemuda Rohingya semasa dan selepas tragedi yang bermula pada 3 Jun yang lalu. 

Dilaporkan juga bahawa Jawatankuasa OIC yang ditubuhkan untuk menangani isu Rohingya telah bertemu buat kali pertamanya di New York dan menyeru supaya etnik Rohingya diberikan hak sebagai warganegara di Myanmar.

Prof. Ihsanoglu (bawah) juga memberitahu bahawa beliau mahu melawat Myanmar apabila kerajaan Myanmar sudah bersedia untuk memperbaiki isu-isu yang berkaitan dengan hak asasi masyarakat Rohingya Muslim.

Pimpinan MUR berpendapat bahawa apa yang berlaku jelas menunjukkan masyarakat dunia (khususnya PBB) masih belum bersungguh-sungguh mahu campur tangan dalam mencari penyelesaian abadi kepada konflik penindasan kaum dan pembersihan etnik yang dialami oleh masyarakat Rohingya di Myanmar sejak sekian lama.

Hingga ke masa ini keadaan keselamatan di wilayah yang terlibat di Arakan dilaporkan terkawal namun masih membimbangkan.

Laporan terbaru yang diterima menyatakan bahawa puak Rakhine sedang giat mengumpul pelbagai senjata dan sering melakukan provokasi, walhal masyarakat Rohingya yang masih tinggal di dalam kem-kem penempatan khas tidak mempunyai sebarang pertahanan diri. Pihak polis dan tentera tidak mengambil langkah-langkah pencegahan - seolah-olah membiarkan keadaan ini berlaku!

Selain OIC, masyarakat pelarian Rohingya di merata dunia masih menunggu-nunggu  kenyataan tegas dari pemimpin-pemimpin negara-negara besar - Amerika Syarikat, Russia, China,  Kesatuan Eropah dan ASEAN untuk mengecam rejim Myanmar serta  meluluskan resolusi PBB supaya Myanmar bersungguh-sungguh memberi hak kewarganegaraan kepada etnik Rohingya serta menyelesaikan konflik penghapusan kaum di bumi Arakan.

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