AFP – More than 80 Rohingya have tried to travel by boat to Malaysia. kept in southeast Burma After the traffickers left them According to a security news source yesterday.
Rohingya Muslims in western Myanmar’s Rakhine State He is widely regarded as an illegal immigrant in a country with a majority Buddhist population. and have faced discrimination for a long time including denial of citizenship Health Care and Education
Rohingya groups including women and children He was arrested on Friday near the town of Tanbusayat in Mon province. A security source, who did not want to be named, told AFP.
“They were hiding near a rubber plantation. After the boat they were on from Rakhine left them,” the source said. He added that the traffickers had promised to bring them to Malaysia.
Malaysia, a country where the majority of the population is Muslim. It is an important destination for the Rohingya fleeing persecution.
Officers are investigating. It is unclear whether the Rohingya will be charged with leaving Rakhine state. Rohingya found guilty of breaking immigration law could face two years in Myanmar.
The anti-trafficking agency in Yangon and Naypyitaw declined to comment on the case.
However, the Myanmar navy also reportedly found 120 Rohingya on a boat near Moodun in Mon state, the source said.
A 2017 crackdown by the Myanmar military forced about 175,000 Rohingya to flee Rakhine state to Bangladesh. and revealed a story about the arson murder and rape
Amnesty International has compared their living conditions in Rakhine State to apartheid.
After the exodus of many people Myanmar faces allegations of genocide in the United Nations court
And since the coup in February. 2021 Burma is in chaos. More than 2,400 civilians were killed, according to a local watchdog.
