Bangladesh cracks down on Rohingyas
Published: Monday, 24 October, 2005, 11:41 AM Doha Time
By Mizan RahmanDHAKA:
Bangladesh has ordered a crackdown on Rohingya Muslim refugees from neighbouring Myanmar as most of them were found to be involved in Islamic militancy.The Ministry of home affairs has directed the law-enforcing agencies to arrest Rohingyas living outside the refugee camps in southeastern Bandarban and Cox's Bazaar districts as many of them were found involved in militancy.The Myanmar ethnic Muslim minority known as Rohingyas, who fled to Bangladesh to avoid military persecution, were kept under strict vigilance as many of them were found linked with the local Islamic militants.The ministry, however, asked the agencies to deal with Rohingyas very cautiously as a number of international human rights bodies were found apparently sympathetic about Rohingyas who had taken shelter in Bangladesh legally or illegally at different places of the two districts bordering Myanmar.
The government sounded the alert after the arrest of 25 Rohingyas in Chittagong and their subsequent statements admitting their link with the Bangladeshi militants involved in the August 17 countrywide series of blasts.The ministry had a meeting and made the decision of nabbing the Rohingyas involved in militancy. The meeting observed with grave concern that Rohingyas were being employed by a number of Islamist militant groups in the name of religion, officials, who attended the meeting, said in Dhaka yesterday.Apart from male Rohingyas, female Rohingyas were also being employed and trained to carry out militant activities, sources present at the meeting said.
The ministry sources said a large number of Rohingyas are now living in Bandarban and Cox's Bazaar without the permission of the government.Over 250,000 ethnic Muslim minorities of Myanmar took shelter in Bangladesh during 1991-1992. Most of the refugees have been repatriated to Myanmar, but there are still more than 20,000 refugees living in camps of Cox's Bazar and Teknaf.The official sources said many of those who were repatriated to Myanmar with the help of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees again entered Bangladesh and were staying here illegally.
By Mizan RahmanDHAKA:
Bangladesh has ordered a crackdown on Rohingya Muslim refugees from neighbouring Myanmar as most of them were found to be involved in Islamic militancy.The Ministry of home affairs has directed the law-enforcing agencies to arrest Rohingyas living outside the refugee camps in southeastern Bandarban and Cox's Bazaar districts as many of them were found involved in militancy.The Myanmar ethnic Muslim minority known as Rohingyas, who fled to Bangladesh to avoid military persecution, were kept under strict vigilance as many of them were found linked with the local Islamic militants.The ministry, however, asked the agencies to deal with Rohingyas very cautiously as a number of international human rights bodies were found apparently sympathetic about Rohingyas who had taken shelter in Bangladesh legally or illegally at different places of the two districts bordering Myanmar.
The government sounded the alert after the arrest of 25 Rohingyas in Chittagong and their subsequent statements admitting their link with the Bangladeshi militants involved in the August 17 countrywide series of blasts.The ministry had a meeting and made the decision of nabbing the Rohingyas involved in militancy. The meeting observed with grave concern that Rohingyas were being employed by a number of Islamist militant groups in the name of religion, officials, who attended the meeting, said in Dhaka yesterday.Apart from male Rohingyas, female Rohingyas were also being employed and trained to carry out militant activities, sources present at the meeting said.
The ministry sources said a large number of Rohingyas are now living in Bandarban and Cox's Bazaar without the permission of the government.Over 250,000 ethnic Muslim minorities of Myanmar took shelter in Bangladesh during 1991-1992. Most of the refugees have been repatriated to Myanmar, but there are still more than 20,000 refugees living in camps of Cox's Bazar and Teknaf.The official sources said many of those who were repatriated to Myanmar with the help of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees again entered Bangladesh and were staying here illegally.
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