Source Bernama, 22 Nov
Umno chief, Datuk Mas Ermieyati Samsudin
Umno chief, Datuk Mas Ermieyati SamsudinKUALA LUMPUR, Nov 22 (Bernama) -- Puteri Umno has urged the international community to act immediately to stop the alleged oppression of the Rohingya community in Myanmar's Rakhine state.
Its chief, Datuk Mas Ermieyati Samsudin, called on the United Nations, ASEAN, Organisation of Islamic Cooperation and European Union to apply pressure on Myanmar to cease the alleged mass killing of Rohingyas in Rakhine by the military since Oct 9.
"The use of force against the Rohingyas, especially women and children, cannot be accepted whatever the reason may be.
"Clearly, this oppression violates human rights. It is more embarrassing when Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi prefers to remain silent," she said in a statement today.
Mas Ermieyati said Puteri Umno regretted the move by Bangladesh to close its borders to the Rohingyas.
She asked the UN to send a peacekeeping force to Arakan in Myanmar to stop the alleged ethnic cleansing of the Rohingyas and restore their fundamental rights.
She said Puteri Umno wanted the Myanmar government to keep to a 2015 pledge to give a commitment to verify the citizenship of the Rohingyas and extend the necessary assistance.
"Puteri Umno believes the Rohingyas have the right to live in peace like the other ethnic communities," she added.
Meanwhile, Umno Youth deputy chief Khairul Azwan Harun called for immediate international economic sanctions to be imposed on Myanmar, saying that inaction against that country equalled an endorsement of the violence.
"We must take action. Such a travesty on a grand scale must be considered a crime and genocide by the ASEAN and international community," he said in a statament.
He also urged the world media to stop being hypocrites when Muslims were being killed and to join hands in pushing for stern international action.
Khairul Azwan called on non-governmental organisations and political organisations to join him in handing a memorandum on the issue to the Myanmar Embassy in Kuala Lumpur at 3pm on Friday.
-- BERNAMA
Its chief, Datuk Mas Ermieyati Samsudin, called on the United Nations, ASEAN, Organisation of Islamic Cooperation and European Union to apply pressure on Myanmar to cease the alleged mass killing of Rohingyas in Rakhine by the military since Oct 9.
"The use of force against the Rohingyas, especially women and children, cannot be accepted whatever the reason may be.
"Clearly, this oppression violates human rights. It is more embarrassing when Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi prefers to remain silent," she said in a statement today.
Mas Ermieyati said Puteri Umno regretted the move by Bangladesh to close its borders to the Rohingyas.
She asked the UN to send a peacekeeping force to Arakan in Myanmar to stop the alleged ethnic cleansing of the Rohingyas and restore their fundamental rights.
She said Puteri Umno wanted the Myanmar government to keep to a 2015 pledge to give a commitment to verify the citizenship of the Rohingyas and extend the necessary assistance.
"Puteri Umno believes the Rohingyas have the right to live in peace like the other ethnic communities," she added.
Meanwhile, Umno Youth deputy chief Khairul Azwan Harun called for immediate international economic sanctions to be imposed on Myanmar, saying that inaction against that country equalled an endorsement of the violence.
"We must take action. Such a travesty on a grand scale must be considered a crime and genocide by the ASEAN and international community," he said in a statament.
He also urged the world media to stop being hypocrites when Muslims were being killed and to join hands in pushing for stern international action.
Khairul Azwan called on non-governmental organisations and political organisations to join him in handing a memorandum on the issue to the Myanmar Embassy in Kuala Lumpur at 3pm on Friday.
-- BERNAMA
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