Thursday, August 16, 2012

The Instigators of Myanmar Violence Identified

ဘဂၤလားေဒရွ္႔သတင္းမွာပါတဲ့အေၾကာင္းအရာပါ၊ဖတ္သင့္ပါတယ္

The Instigators of Myanmar Violence Identified

Two Rohingya organizations located inside Bangladesh have fueled the violence in Myanmar. Some Islamic non-government organization (NGOs) working in hill regions have directly sponsored these two organizations – Arakan Rohingya National Organization (ARNO) and Rohingya Solidarity Organization (RSO). Members of these two organizations went from Bangladesh with weapons and also took part in Myanmar violence.

A source from [Bangladesh] Prime Minister’s office revealed that the initial allegation made from Myanmar government has been found. The two organizations, non-government organizations and politicians have been identified. Apart from the strict monitoring at the activities of these organizations legal action is being taken against the concerned individuals. According to the source, soon after the violence the Bangladesh ambassador to Myanmar Shwapan Kumar Chakma was called on the Foreign Ministry [of Myanmar]. The formal complaint was made to him on 9th June.

Based on the information received from the ambassador the foreign secretary Mizarul Kias notified it to the prime minister’s office on 12th June. Beside the home ministry has been requested for verification.

The letter says, the communal violence soon erupted and went from bad to worse in Rakhine state of Myanmar which has connection to the rape and killing of a college going girl was by Rohingyas (Bengalis) on 28th May. Violence spread with high magnitude and large number died from both sides, five hundred houses were torched. The Myanmar foreign ministry alleged that a large number of armed men belonging to ARNO and RSO had entered Myanmar from Bangladesh and instigated the situation and some Bangladeshi political quarters are patronizing the Muslims in Rakhine state.

Referring to the various events of Rakhine and Myanmar the letter describes, ‘under this situation if required measured are not taken with proper investigation the relation between Bangladesh-Myanmar will aggravate.’ The foreign secretary [of Bangladesh] recommended prohibiting the activities of these two organizations ARNO and RSO run by the citizens of Myanmar living in Bangladesh, to take legal action against any Bangladeshi organizations or individuals patronizing those two organizations. Because Bangladesh will not allow its soil to be used against any foreign country.

In this connection a foreign affairs think tank informed this ‘Bangladesh Pratidin’ that the home ministry has taken steps in the light of the letter. The activities of these two organizations are put under close watch. Now they do not have any activities.
The activities of different NGOs are also examined. Some are already warned. The law enforcing agencies are taking action against the individual instigators. He said that measures are been taken to improve the land border security infrastructure of both the countries.

Source: বাংলাদেশ প্রতিদিন :: প্রথম পাতা :: মিয়ানমারের দাঙ্গায় ইন্ধনদাতারা চিহ্নিত
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