As the Myanmar military has launched a coup, there are some who are more afraid of looking at the future situation than anyone else.
They are Rohingya, a minority in Myanmar.
In Myanmar, a Buddhist country, the majority of Rohingya believers in Islam are forced to live as refugees after being deported to neighboring countries such as Bangladesh.
Actor Jung Woo-sung also appeared in the JTBC newsroom in December 2017 and interviewed the Rohingya refugee camp, which he visited as a goodwill ambassador for UNHCR. “Most of the children have witnessed the death of their parents,” and “children walk barefoot with the firewood they would use at home,” as they did not have basic infrastructure such as electricity, referring to the poor situation in the refugee camp. Refugees are worried that the days to return safely to their hometown will not be long.
Supreme Commander Min Aung Hlaing, who took full control over legislative, judicial and administrative due to this coup, was the one who led the deportation of the Rohingya in 2017. The international community, including the United Nations, has criticized Supreme Commander Hlaing as the one who carried out the’race cleansing’.
Abul Bashar, leader of a refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, told Reuters on the day of the coup that “the military has never been friendly to Rohingya.” It’s that scary.
In a call with JTBC, activist Kim Gi-nam of Adi said, “Rohingya refugees do not expect from both sides (the’Democratic National Alliance (NLD)’ led by the military or Suzy advisor).” I’m very keen on not doing it,” he said.
The repatriation of Myanmar-Bangladesh refugees, which summons Rohingya refugees to their home country, may put the Rohingya at an even more disadvantageous situation. It was the military who actually wielded guns and swords against the Rohingya people.
According to Reuters, there are concerns among the Rohingya, such as “I’m worried that our repatriation will be delayed (Abul Bashar)” or “No one will protect our lives and property even if we return home (Apsarul Zaman)”.
UN spokesman Stefan Dujarik said, “About 600,000 Rohingya remain in the state of Rakhine, Myanmar, and about 127,000 are virtually detained” (local time 1st). Concerns about the Rohingya still remaining in Myanmar Expressed.
In an interview with the Washington Post (local time on the 3rd), UN Secretary-General Antony Gutechs said, “I will press Myanmar until the coup is over”. “If there was something wrong with Advisor Aung San Suu Kyi, he was too close to the military. “You have protected too much of the military against the mass escape of Hinya refugees.”
In fact, the Rohingya do not have good feelings for the state adviser Aung San Suu Kyi currently detained by the military and the Democratic National Alliance (NLD), which was the ruling party. Suzy adviser, who received the Nobel Peace Prize (1991) publicly for the democratization movement, was criticized for neglecting discrimination and persecution against the Rohingya.