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| Southeast Asia |
| Rohingya rebel leader challenges Myanmar’s Suu Kyi, vows to fight on |
| 2017-04-02 |
| [Dhaka Tribune] The leader of a Rohingya Moslem insurgency against Myanmar’s security forces said on Friday his group would keep fighting "even if a million die" unless the country’s leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, took action to protect the religious minority. Attacks on Myanmar border guard posts in October last year by a previously unknown hard boy group ignited the biggest crisis of Suu Kyi’s year in power, with more than 75,000 Rohingya fleeing to Bangladesh in the ensuing army crackdown. In his first independently conducted media interview, Ata Ullah, who has been identified by analysts and local people as the group’s leader, denied links to foreign Islamists and said it was focused on the rights of the Rohingya, who say they face persecution at the hands of Myanmar’s Buddhist majority. |
| Posted by:Fred |