Rohingya: Mystery over Suu Kyi's defeaning silence - Netizens
Shamil Hizamie
May 16, 2015 18:43 MYT
May 16, 2015 18:43 MYT
Netizens on social media have expressed their concern over Suu Kyi's defeaning silence over the Rohingya's migrant issue. - File Photo
In the past, Myanmar President, Thein Sein suggested that ethnic Rohingya residing in Myanmar for hundreds of years were forced to flee their home country, flooding to Southeast Asia.
Although the motion was rejected by the United Nations, President Thein went on to introduce domestic policy that does not recognise Rohingya ethni as non-citizens.
Following the police proposition, the Rohingya were forced to flee to various countries in Asean.
Nobel prize winner and Opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi has kept mum about the issue on ethnic cleansing of Rohingya migrants.
Suu Kyi has created controversy following an interview with The Guardian in July 2012. The 69-year-old politician said that she did not know if Rohingya ethnic can be recognised as Myanmar nationals.
In November, 2012, Suu Kyi in an interview with an Indian bulletin citing him as wanting to take the middle path in their effort for truce.
Activists say 8,000 people may be adrift on horribly overcrowded vessels, with starvation and disease claiming lives, after a Thai crackdown crimped busy human-trafficking routes and spurred smugglers to abandon men, women and children at sea.
The question raised by Netizens questioning Suu Kyi's defeaning silence is seen as her reluctance to not meddle on migrant 'catastrophe'.