Myanmar Ethnic Rohinyas Human Rights Organization Malaysia (MERHROM)
URGENT : UPDATES FROM RAKHINE STATE OF BURMA
19, JUNE 2012
Yesterday, 17 June
2012, the military junta allowed ethnic Rakhine Buddhist to open their
shops for few hours. However the Muslim shops were not allow to open.
The information we received form back home stated that many Rohingyas
went to shop to buy food. However the ethnic Rakhine Buddhist refused to
sell food to Rohingyas Muslim. Many Rohingyas has been arrested by the
military and the security force and there is no news until now.
For the past 3
days about 500 Rohingyas were arrested by the military and the security
force without reason. The military and security force checked Rohingya
houses and arrested many people especially aged 12 years above. We do
not know where there are taken to and what will happen to them. We
received many calls from back home stating that their family members
were arrested and missing.
The military raped
many Rohingya women and girls. They committed suicide by drinking
poison as they cannot accept what happen to them.
The situation
become worse with the presence of the military as the military is behind
all this. The military newspaper report was not correct as they tried
to hide the real numbers who had killed and affected. The military
newspaper reported 50 were killed however the information we received
more than 20 000 Rohingyas has been affected for the past 2 weeks.
Thousands of Rohingyas has been killed, thousands were arrested,
thousands were missing and thousands of them were suffering without
food, shelter and medication.
The foreign media
only take information from the military newspaper which is not correct.
The media must get the first hand information from the Rohingyas in
order to know the real situation.
We thank you very
much for reporting the news from the Arakan State @ Rakhine State. We
hope for your continuous support until Myanmar recognized Rohingya as
Myanmar Citizen.
PLEASE SAVE ROHINGYA
Thank you.
Yours sincerely,
Zafar Ahmad bin Abdul Ghani
President
Myanmar Ethnic Rohingya Human Rights Organization Malaysia (MERHROM)
Tel No: 
016-6827287
016-6827287 
