Press Release from MERHROM

PRESS STATEMENT
Myanmar Ethnic Rohingya Human Rights Organization Malaysia (MERHROM) is deeply concerns over the increasing number of death of ethnic minority Rohingya in Arakan State of Myanmar due to the fight between Arakan Army (AA) and the Myanmar military. The innocent ethnic minority Rohingya became the target of both AA and the military. The Rohingya were trapped in between and face various difficulties to survive. The affected areas include Buthidaung, Kyauktaw, Maungdaw and Rathedaung Townships.
In the recent incident this month, Abul Hossan son of Mahulossan (54) died in a bomb left after the fighting between Arakan Army and Myanmar military. The bomb blast when Abul Hossan was fetching his cattle in Pyan Yu Lat, Buthidaung. There are possibilities many more bomb are left behind. The safety of Rohingya is at highest risk and this must be addressed by the United Nations immediately.
We do not know how long the fight will go on and how many Rohingya will be trapped and killed. This is a diversion from the real issue which is the Rohingya Genocide. Now the minority Rohingya are not only dying due to Genocide but also killed in the war between AA and the military. 
At this critical condition, we don’t expect the United Nations and its agencies to standby for the humanitarian aid but to have a strong actions and political will to stop the Rohingya Genocide and the war between AA and the military. The ethnic minority Rohingya must be protected immediately. We feel very sad and frustrated as the Rohingya Genonide continues, some quarters are doing humanitarian business with our life and death. They took advantage on the Rohingya Genocide for their own benefits without having a clear agenda and political will to stop the Rohingya Genocide.
The minority Rohingya in the Arakan State remains in Genocide and waiting to be killed. We want to emphasize that no point focusing too much on the humanitarian aid when the most mandated body in the world-the United Nations and others cannot stop the continuous Genocide towards the most prosecuted ethnic minority in the world-the Rohingya. The Rohingya are dying every single day and one day we just realize that there are no more Rohingya in the Arakan State. The root cause is the Rohingya Genocide that needs to be addressed and stop immediately.
The United Nations declared they need US$920 million for Rohingya humanitarian crisis in 2019. Why can’t the United Nations put all the resources to stop the Rohingya Genocide instead of spending so much money on humanitarian but at the end of the day Rohingya is still dying due to so many reasons resulted from the Genocide?  
The United Nations must revamp their laws. The United Nations no longer can wait for more Rohingya to die before taking real actions to stop Rohingya Genocide. In the case of Genocide the United Nations and its agencies must be able to step immediately into the Arakan State without the consent of the Myanmar government. How many decades more the United Nations need the time to act? If this continue no doubts that United Nations will collapse soon as it is no longer effective to stop Genocide and war crime. The United Nations must have a total overhaul in order to restore its mandate.
Obviously, the minority Rohingya cannot return to Myanmar in the current conditions. A lot more work need to be done by the United Nations, World Leaders and the International Community to bring back peace on earth. The failure of the United Nations and the International Community to stop the last stage of Rohingya Genocide is the failure of each one of us.
MERHROM will be handing over a Memorandum to the United Nations Representative soon in regards to this matter. We call upon the United Nations will act immediately to protect Rohingya in Arakan State and making stronger efforts to stop Rohingya Genocide.
Thank you.
Signed,
Zafar Ahmad Bin Abdul Ghani
President
Myanmar Ethnic Rohingya Human Rights Organization Malaysia (MERHROM)
Tel No: 603- 4144 5888
fax; 603-4144 5889 Mbl +6016-6827287 / 011-58888505
Blog: www.merhrom.wordpress.com
Email: rights4rohingya@yahoo.co.uk

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