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129 Rohingya found adrift off Indonesia
A wooden boat carrying more than one hundred migrants from Burma’s Rohingya minority has been found drifting off Indonesia’s Sumatra island, local police said on Wednesday.
The 129 male migrants from the Muslim community had been at sea for about three weeks when their boat experienced engine trouble, Aceh provincial maritime police chief Mohammed Zaini told AFP.
“The 129 Muslim Rohingyas were rescued by Indonesian fishermen after their boat’s engine malfunctioned. We have given them food and are now carrying out medical check-ups,” he added.
“We’re coordinating with the immigration office, Jakarta government and the International Organisation for Migration for follow-up action,” Zaini said.
The men, many looking pale and tired, were being temporarily housed near the provincial capital Banda Aceh at the Northern tip of Sumatra island after being rescued on Tuesday.
Seven of them were receiving medical attention, Zaini said.
One of them, 27-year-old Nur Alam, said they had left their homes in Burma’s western Arakan state because they were being abused by the military.
“We’ve been drifting for 20 days. We left Myanmar [Burma] because we had been cruelly treated by the military. Muslims there were killed and tortured,” he told AFP.
“We want to go to Indonesia, Malaysia or any other country which is willing to take us in,” he added.
Burma effectively denies citizenship rights to the Rohingya, leading to discrimination and abuse and contributing to a regional humanitarian crisis as hundreds try to flee the country by boat every year.
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fAKE HISTORY! So, will you believe all the people from Bangladesh are Rohingyas? These people are from Bengladesh. Not from Arakan. No muslims in Arakan.
Dear Mornrazagree,
Who will believe if you comment like that. You should look the issues as world vision. Every body who has ever been to Arakan knows how many muslims are living in Arakan. Please don’t lie in extremism!
Please tell the truth. Comments like yours will lead the Rakhien people to become RACIST and EXTREMIST and you will never win in the international atomsphere. Please be clever and think wisely how to cope with those so-called Rohingya problem if you want to WIN..
DVB highlights the name so called Rohingya.Actually,Burma or Arakan has no ehtnic people,so called Rohingya.Last year,I had read a news that Bangaladesh government tok more than 200 people to their country while DVB and other some medias said these people were Rohingya from Burma.So,I would like to request DVB and other medias,please avoid to say these so called Rohingya people are from Burma or Arakan without any details information.
WHO SAY THERE IS NO MUSLIM IN ARAKAN? FOOLS ALWAYS HAVE FOOLISH COMMENTS.BANGLADESHI ARE NOT ROHINGYAS,THEY ARE BANGALI, ROHINGYAS ARE ARAKAN MUSLIM, BACKWARD PEOPLE,
If so, what’s truth story about Rakhine? where did you group come from and how?
You see, the group is also denied by their sister community because they want to form Rakhine independence state or anti-Rohingya state acc to junta’s plan.
Rohingya is second largest community after Rakhine, then other minorities known as Mro, Tak, Khami, Hindu would be targeted.
Thsi is just just who is Rakhine like their ancester pirates.
Hey guys, this not ethnic or religion interest , this is human interest, if u think u are the only genuine minority and ethnic in Myanmar, so now pls back to ur country and save ur country alone, dont ask international community when u are in trouble. selfish – this is the shadow of Hitler said that only selected group of people should live in this country and the othres must die – this is the era of globalized-world, peope and even states are interdependent each other, pls be aware.
that is the fact….. you have to accept it mr. mornrazagree………
Burmese democrary activits need to be clear between democracy movement,human rights and islamlization.For me personally,i am sympathized to those who have to leave from their country.I don’t know really where they come from.
The same time we have to be carefull that some muslims extremist are trying to be islam country to Burma,Thailand other countries where majority of populations are not muslims.If we,who want democracry in Burma don’t understand it,we will never get our wishes,because majority of burmese people are not muslims in Burma.Be carefull guys.We want democracy.Not islamization.
I see that the barbaric regime of Myanmar maintains their cronies to monitor sites such as DVB. That is only natural because in the Democratic Military Dictatorship ( !!! ) of Myanmar, many of you like mornazagree, Aurin Mrin soe are cronies of the Junta, get rich and lead a comfortable life while your people especially but not exclusively the ethnic minorities such as thr rohingyas, Rakhine, Karen and Shan are oppressed so that you can pile up wealth.