Arakan News Agency
The deputy chairman of the Kedah Rohingya society says eradicating the syndicate is more important than endangering his life.…
Although his personal safety and that of his family members are at risk after revealing the identity of “Yassin”, the mastermind behind a human trafficking syndicate’s transit camps in Bukit Wang Burma, Wang Kelian, Perlis, it does not scare Yusuf Ali.
The Kedah Rohingya Society in Malaysia (RSM) deputy chairman said he was not afraid of them (syndicate members).
“I’m not afraid to die. They can beat me, threaten me, but I will keep on fighting against these agents (human trafficking syndicates),” he told Bernama.
The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) cardholder said the danger that awaited him following his revealing of “Yassin” was not important compared to the lives that could be saved.
Yusuf said, if the exposure of “Yassin” could save Rohingya migrants from continuously being victims of human trafficking syndicates, he would continue to do so.
“My life is not important. What is more important is to eliminate these syndicates, from the mastermind, agents and to their runners,” said Yusuf, who has been living in Malaysia since 1986.
He admitted that syndicate agents and their runners including the ones working with “Yassin” were everywhere, including in Kedah, and were capable of doing something if they wanted to.
So far, he said, he and his family had not received any physical threats from these people who could be upset with him.
In an exclusive interview with Bernama last month, Yusuf revealed that the Rohingya migrants detained at the transit camps in Wang Kelian were in a deplorable state and had been “bought” by a syndicate agent known as “Yassin”.
He divulged that the illegals were kept in cages, and would later be sold to other agents at a higher price to reap profits.
Source : BERNAMA
