Arakan News Agency
MP SPEAKS Has anyone seen the Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak?
We have a regional humanitarian crisis, a catastrophe, with thousands of Rohingya refugees adrift at sea and many more facing possible deportation to Burma.
And yet we have not heard a whimper from Najib. We understand he is struggling to hold on to power following the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) scandal, which has brought about veiled calls for his resignation.
But this is no excuse.
Malaysia is the chair of Asean and it was also instrumental in bringing Burma into the ten-member bloc.
We welcome deputy home minister Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar’s statement asking the region to send a strong message to Burma to stop persecuting the minority Rohingya community.
But this is not enough. We need Najib, as the head of state, to reprimand Burma and hold its quasi-civilian government accountable for the targeted persecution and killings of the Rohingya.
We need the premier and his cabinet members to be on the same page. Wan Junaidi recently said the Rohingya should sail back to Burma if their rickety boats are fine, as there is no war back home.
This is sheer ignorance.
Source : malaysiakini
