Nearlee 130 Rohingya Muslims leaving Myanmar for Malaysia by boat were arrested by the junta’s navy in waters off Mon state on Sunday after brokers revealed information about them to local villagers.

A resident said a boat was seized when the arrests were made near the Gulf of Martaban in southeast Myanmar after brokers went to buy food in Chaungzon township. Authorities have sent 65 of the boat people to Mawlamyine Prison in Mon state to await trial, he said.

A lawyer representing the Rohingyas said the junta often regards such people as illegal immigrants, and that they would likely be charged with immigration law violations.

The four brokers, who were Buddhists from western Myanmar’s Rakhine state, were also arrested. Several Rohingya Muslim children were also on board, and were being cared for by local people, the resident said.

A member of a local charity group from Chaungzon township said there have been similar arrests of Rohingya in the area in the past. Those arrested are normally sent to prison, the worker said.

“But I don’t know what will happen to them next,” the charity worker said. “I think they will be interrogated and some of them might be bailed out and the rest will go to prison.”

This boat was carrying more than 130 Rohingya from Rakhine state when it was stopped by the Myanmar junta navy on April 2, 2023. Credit: Citizen Journalist

Latest group to try to reach Malaysia

More than 740,000 Rohingya fled Rakhine following a military crackdown on the ethnic group that started more than five years ago, and now live in refugee camps in Bangladesh. Of the more than 600,000 that remained in Rakhine, around 125,000 are living in displaced people’s camps in the state.

Every year, hundreds abandon the camps and take to the sea in small, poorly-provisioned boats to try to reach other countries, including Muslim majority countries like Malaysia and Indonesia.

According to statistics collected by Radio Free Asia, nearly 2,000 Rohingyas have been arrested on their way to Malaysia from refugee camps in Rakhine and Bangladesh from December 2021 to March 2023.

The junta has sentenced nearly 500 of them to two to five years in prison under Myanmar’s immigration law.

A Rohingya aid worker in Yangon, who did not want to be named for security reasons, told RFA that the Rohingya fleeing Rakhine know they could be arrested or killed on the way, but they are risking their lives to live freely.

“They are not allowed to go anywhere in that state,” the aid worker said. “They left risking their lives, as they know they would be free in a new land, if they escape, or they will just go back to their original lives of failure if they get caught. They have already anticipated that they could end up like this.”

Rohingyas usually pay almost 8 million kyat (about U.S.$2,800) per person before they begin their journey to Malaysia from Rakhine, and some end up being abandoned by brokers along the way, he said.

RFA contacted the military junta spokesman for Mon state, Toe Win, but he didn’t immediately return the call.

Translated by Myo Min Aung. Edited by Matt Reed and Malcolm Foster.

tenkiu

i trust they are currently in good hand


ohwai

Thank you.

Bangladesh oso dont want them?
Middle East Muslims countries don't want them?
Only Malaysia & Indonesia wants them?

Only PuAS want them.

i thought there is village there in langkawi

How many rohingya in malaysia now ? anyone know ?

biler kecik jadi kawan...biler dah dapat kad UN...jadi lawan....kena tiow balik bodoh mahu simpati....

I fully agree we increase budget hiring marine n coastal guard so not 1 gram of them able to reach here

Now u dont feel it, but the problem will multiple 10 folds down the road

Later ur race become smaller than theirs adi

Syukur

fucking pest

2.8k usd per head, how that accumulate that amount ah ? a lot dont even have that amount in their epf.

ah long sedia membantu

Myanmar says these people are banglas and indians so they should send these people there

be a broker
collect da monies
turn in the pests
profit sharing wit da authoritiez

rinse n repeat till replete.

Ahh ... reach here dy then work to pay back ... haiz those snake head.

Like what happen to mainlander going to hong kong 70s 80s.

Nak pi Indonesia or datang sini
Key word - they are risking their lives to live *freely*

They owned Selayang oredi, apa lagi mau??

Had to stop them, otherwise next decade is rohinga claim bumi ni milik depa.... owaiii!

Give Selayang to them lah, Negeri Selayang. Later give Selangor too

Rohingya nowadays will avoid selayang, they start venturing to north and eastcoast states..

which have cheaper rental rate and have lands. so can put their hustles' thingy like besi buruk at their compound

Rohingya = Palestine
Malaysian = Israel

Selayang = Gaza

Kesian Rohingya

dude rohiya don't own selayang

be real lah

Malaysia land of freedom

What?

No need give, they come Msia breed anywhere they choose they can parking terus that place oredi foc sebab religion punya pasal they can conquer whole country.

https://majoriti.com.my/berita/2023/02/16/0...t-hak-sama-rata

Thank you Myanmar navy for the efficient arrest. Please continue such efficiencies

There are a network in Msia that bring them here from Myanmar, No one bother to shut it down.
Ni cuma beberapa ratus kena tangkap . Sap Sap Sui.
Everyday 2 - 3 boat lepas tangkap satu boat. Okay je they will continue to arrive here.

The four brokers, who were Buddhists from western Myanmar’s Rakhine state, were also arrested. Several Rohingya Muslim children were also on board, and were being cared for by local people, the resident said.

catch 130 but let in 500 kekw lul ...comedy country

feed them torpedo already

Please send to kelantan. 😆

UN card is more powerful than Malaysia IC.

ironic that the myanmar navy went to arrest them for leaving the country seeing as myanmar considers them to be illegal immigrants and wants them out anyway

The jews was once displaced tribes that no one wanted. Just saying.

what tenkiu???

Stupid ass junta myanmar govt is the one that caused so much pain and suffering.

is it so hard to just recognize and give rohingya citizenships?

curse the blady junta govt.

Suddenly the Myanmar apartheid govt that caused all this trouble a hero to you. Bodo.

"Rohingyas usually pay almost 8 million kyat (about U.S.$2,800) per person before they begin their journey to Malaysia "

with that money why come as illegal? can they just book a flight?

Time to nuke selayang

They only asking that Selayang be given to them. What the big deal?

The official number is 100k, not sure if the number is real. They are from KL to Johor even appears in Kelantan and Langkawi.

https://www.unhcr.org/figures-at-a-glance-in-malaysia.html

Stateless, they don't have nationality, so they don't have passport.

Only way is enter illegally.

Dulu ramai orang Malaysia yang ajak saudara Rohingya mari, sudah jadi lama jadi saudara mara, kenapa halau.

Biar saudara Muslim Rohingya dapatkan warganegara Malaysia, penting kita selamatkan saudara Muslim Rohingya dari tindas Kerajaan Myanmar.

Thank you Myanmar

Bravo! Please don't come anymore, quota full dy

it is not middle east don want them but they feel their freedom more entitle.....so malaysia and indon can give them that with our broken law.....

Thanks junta navy...your not bad after all

This post has been edited by doppatroll: Apr 5 2023, 05:02 PM

Thank you to whoever that did this good deed. May you be blessed for making Malaysia a better place.

With the speed they coming in and the speed they breed, by 2030, they might occupies whole Selangor.

we should pay the mynmar junta reward...

Thank you junta! Should fund them more so they can keep up the good work!

The problem is:- nobody wants them, everyone actively refusing them, but somehow they keep on landing our shores

Sunk that boat.

what make you so special. are you not a descendent of immigrants yourself once. But you're right it is the fault of their apartheid govt. Solve that you wont have this problem anymore.

displaced not stateless. they were the orang asli of sort of the Rakhine region.

Why not.. give them equality, mereka ada hak... In next 50 years, we should allow equality,they born here, ini negara mereka.. allow them to build their own vernacular schools. If you want to work in Selayang, its Rohingya speaking only.

Cukur 130 got caught, another 1,300 more daily arrive in Malaysia.

sos

These greedy bastards never satisfied one.

thank u myanmar

100K, but real number can be as high as 200K.

they aren't hero, but i praise them for cleaning up their own trash, thank you

Agreed, they should be ousted from our country. Greed and rude! Typical Rohingya

Strange other country’s trash we collect them lolz