40 Rohingyas got ID as Bengali and Kamen ethnicity but not as Rohingya

Myanmar Identity Card/ Back side. (Photo: Social Media)
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Under 1982 Burmese citizenship law, the government issued 40 Rohingyas with citizenship but identified them as Kamen/Bengali Muslims but still not as “Rohingya” the term they use to identify themselves, officials from Burma’s immigration ministry told Reuters that 1,094 Muslims took part in the pilot verification process in displacement camps in Myebon, which is about 51 km (32 miles) from the state capital, Sittwe, and accessible only by boat.

Also another 209 Rohingyas were forcefully labeled as Bengali with the use of Army and crime against humanity as told by the reports from inside of Arakan .

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