INTERNATIONAL Peacekeepers' to Myanmar


PRESS RELEASE
Malaysia International Institute of Islamic Cooperation (IKIAM)
and the Council of ASEAN Islamic NGO Movement


Malaysia International Institute of Islamic Cooperation (IKIAM) and the Council of ASEAN Islamic NGO Movement  feel very sad over the continuous  killing of Rohingya villages in Rakhine, Myanmar  since last July 2012. Thousands of ethnic Rohingya adults, women and children have been brutally murdered, burned together with their villages or lost in the ocean. Hundreds of ethnic Rohingya villages were destroyed. Thousands of homes have been burned and destroyed. Tens of thousands of ethnic Rohingya also suffer from hunger and lack of food and in hiding. Those who still live in Rakhine are now seem to deliver their heads to be cut off by Buddhist extremists and they can only pray for mercy and protection of Allah alone.

Hundreds of thousands of ethnic Rohingya refugees are beginning to roam within Myanmar and other countries, increasing the number of existing numbers in Bangladesh, Pakistan, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Australia, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and so on. It is estimated more than two million ethnic Rohingya are now holding international refugees status.

The Government of Myanmar was clearly not able to curb these atrocities and therefore must be more actively pressured to stop the unrest and killings immediately and to provide safety to ethnic Rohingya. But apparently the Rakhine Buddhist extremists are so powerful in their effort to eliminate ethnic Rohingya. Myanmar government's failure to address these issues alone clearly shows a sign of weakness and actually Myanmar government needs the aid of international peacekeeping team. Buddhists around the world also seems to let Buddhist extremists to destroy Rohingya Muslims because there is no direct efforts from them to curb such atrocities.

Analysis by a number of experts in humanitarian aid  as well as by the Humanitarian Studies Centre of the Council of ASEAN Islamic NGO Movement  indicate if the current killing and ethnic Rohingya cleansing activities are not stopped immediately the ethnic Rohingya in Myanmar will be extinct in less than two years. Does the world still want to remain silent on the slaughtering and destruction of this ethnic? Myanmar Prime Minister Thein Sein is responsible for this and he could be brought and prosecuted in the International Court Tribunal for adjudication because there is no conscious effort to correct this grave situation.

As such, IKIAM and the Council of ASEAN Islamic NGO Movement is diplomatically requesting the Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN) together with the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) to act quickly in gathering and sending 'INTERNATIONAL Peacekeepers' to Myanmar to help Myanmar government to stop the killing of Rohingya ethnic immediately. We are confident that teams from various countries including Malaysia will help the Government of Myanmar to end the conflict and to effectively implement structured programs to restore livelihoods and economic security of the ethnic Rohingya based on 'humanitarian POLICY' proclaimed today. We expect in the next two weeks the INTERNATIONAL peacekeepers will be able to enter Myanmar and carry out their duties.

Myanmar Government should provide integrated and sustainable solutions that provide the  security and development in the area as well as returning the citizenship rights for the Muslim Rohingya throughout Burma and the refugees now in dozens of countries around the world. The abovementioned process will integrate Muslim Rohingya with the rest of the  people of Myanmar so that they can peacefully live together and contribute to the development of Myanmar.

IKIAM is urging Malaysian, ASEAN and World NGOs to continue pressuring the UN and the OIC for diplomatic solution on Rohingya issue. To the Muslims in Malaysia and the world, let us endeavor, chanting, reciting Yassin and pray to Allah continuously so the Rohingya ethnic misery will cease and they do not disappear off the face of the earth.
 

Statement by:

Malaysia International Institute of Islamic Cooperation (IKIAM)
Dated: 5th November 2012

Mohd Shamsuddin Damin
Secretary
Tel: 019-237 7887

PASUKAN PENGAMAN ANTARABANGSA’ ke Myanmar

KENYATAAN MEDIA

Institut Kerjasama Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia (IKIAM)

dan Majlis Gerakan NGO Islam ASEAN

Institut Kerjasama Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia (IKIAM) dan Majlis Gerakan NGO Islam ASEAN

merasa amat dukacita dengan pembunuhan dan pemusnahan perkampungan etnik Rohingya di Rakhine, Myanmar yang berterusan sejak Julai 2012 yang lalu.  Ribuan ethnik Rohingya dewasa, perempuan dan kanak-kanak telah dibunuh dengan kejam, hangus dibakar bersama kampong mereka ataupun hilang  ditelan lautan.  Ratusan kampong ethnik Rohingya telah musnah.  Ribuan rumah telah dibakar dan dimusnahkan.  Puluhan ribu ethnik Rohingya juga sedang mengalami kebuluran dan kekurangan makanan serta bersembunyi.  Mereka yang masih lagi hidup di Rakhine kini seolah-olah menyerahkan kepala mereka untuk dipenggal oleh ekstrimis Buddha dan mereka hanya boleh berdoa memohon rahmat dan perlindungan daripada Allah SWT sahaja.

Ratusan ribu ethnik Rohingya baru sedang menjadi pelarian di dalam negara Myanmar dan beberapa negara lain, menambah bilangan sedia ada  seperti di Bangladesh, Pakistan, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Australia, Jepun, Arab Saudi, Kuwait dan sebagainya.  Dianggarkan lebih dua juta ethnik Rohingya kini telah menjadi pelarian antarabangsa. 

Sewajarnya kerajaan Myanmar yang jelas tidak dapat membendung kekejaman ini mesti lebih giat didesak supaya pergolakan dan pembunuhan dihentikan serta merta dan ethnik Rohingya dilindungi keselamatannya. Namun nampaknya ekstrimis Buddha Rakhine begitu kuat kegiatan mereka mahu menghapuskan ethnik Rohingya. Kegagalan kerajaan Myanmar menangani isu ini secara bersendirian jelas menunjukkan tanda kelemahan kerajaan Myanmar dan sebenarnya memerluan bantuan antarabangsa.  Penganut Buddha seluruh dunia juga nampaknya seolah-olah membiarkan ekstrimis Buddha itu memusnahkan umat Islam kerana tiada lansung usaha membenteras kekejaman itu.

Analisa beberapa pakar bantuan kemanusiaan dan juga Pusat Kajian Bantuan Kemanusiaan Majlis Gerakan NGO Islam ASEAN   menunjukkan sekiranya pembunuhan dan pemusnakan ethnik Rohingya sekarang ini tidak dihentikan serta merta maka ethnik Rohingya di Myanmar akan pupus dalam masa kurang dari dua tahun lagi.  Adakah dunia masih lagi mahu berdiam diri terhadap pembunuhan dan pemusnahan ethnik ini?  Perdana Menteri Myanmar Thein Sein bertanggungjawab terhadap perkara ini dan beliau wajar dibawa dan didakwa di Tribunal Mahkamah Antarabangsa untuk pengadilan kerana tidak ada usaha bersungguh-sungguh membetulkan keadaan yang amat parah ini.

Sehubungan dengan itu IKIAM dan Majlis Gerakan NGO Islam ASEAN secara diplomatik memohon Setiausaha Agung Pertubuhan Bangsa-Bangsa Bersatu (UN) bersama dengan Pertubuhan Persidangan Islam (OIC)  bertindak pantas menyusun dan menghantar ‘PASUKAN PENGAMAN ANTARABANGSA’ ke Myanmar bagi membantu Myanmar menghentikan pembunuhan dan pemusnahan ethnik Rohingya serta merta.  Kami yakin pasukan daripada pelbagai negara termasuk Malaysia akan dapat membantu kerajaan Myanmar menamatkan konflik dan seterusnya melaksanakan program tersusun memulihkan keselamatan penghidupan dan ekonomi ethnik Rohingya atas ‘DASAR PERIKEMANUSIAAN’ yang dilaung-laungkan masa kini. Kita mengharapkan dalam tempoh dua minggu PASUKAN PENGAMAN ANTARABANGSA ini akan dapat memasuki Myanmar dan menjalankan tugas mereka.

Kerajaan Myanmar sewajarnya memberikan penyelesaian bersepadu dan mampan iaitu memberikan hak jaminan keselamatan dan pembangunan di kawasan Muslim Rohingya serta hak kewarganegaraan bagi Muslim Rohingya di seluruh Myanmar dan para pelarian yang kini berada di puluhan negara di seluruh dunia.  Proses tersebut akan mengintegrasikan penduduk Muslim Rohingya dengan seluruh rakyat Myanmar untuk mereka hidup aman bersama menyumbang kepada pembangunan Myanmar.

Seterusnya IKIAM sedang terus berusaha secara diplomatik bagi penyelesaian isu Rohingya ini bersama dengan rakan-rakan NGO Malaysia, ASEAN dan dunia. Kepada umat Islam di Malaysia dan dunia, ama-samalah kita berikhtiar, berzikir, membaca surah Yassin dan berdoa tanpa henti supaya kesengsaraan ethnik Rohingya terbela dan tidak hilang dari muka bumi.

Kenyataan Oleh:

Institut Kerjasama Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia (IKIAM)

Bertarikh:  5hb November 2012

Mohd Shamsuddin Damin

Setiausaha

Tel: 019-237 7887