By U Khin Maung Saw, Berlin
1. Introduction
The monsoon season in South and Southeast Asia brings catastrophes to these regions every year. Storms, cyclones and floods are yearly events which bring about loss of crops and lives and heavy human migrations, particularly in certain areas.
At such a time in the year 1991, news of Muslims fleeing from Arakan (Rakhine State of Burma) to Bangladesh broke out. The Burmese Army as well as the Bangladeshi Army posted along the Arakan-Bangladesh border was increased, and both sides accused each other of violating the peaceful co-existence of neighbours. Consequently, the issue of military abuses against the “Rohingyas” in Arakan was raised. This was vehemently denied by the military government in Rangoon (Yangon). They stated that Burmese immigration authorities were undertaking a routine check of illegal immigrants along the country’s different borders and claimed that most of the “Rohingyas” were illegal immigrants or new settlers coming from overpopulated Bangladesh because of natural catastrophes, hunger and other reasons. This was also vehemently denied by the Bangladeshi authorities.
In the mean time, the number of people on the Bangladeshi side grew so that in December 1991 some newspapers reported that about 200,000 (two hundred thousand) were already concentrated there. However, the number of refugees according to Bertil Lintner was nearly 20,000 (twenty thousand)2. It can not be ruled out because of printing error one zero was not there (by Bertil Lintner) and therefore, it became twenty thousand instead of two hundred thousand.
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September 25th, 2009 at 3:07 pm
When burman king invaded Arakan, king Naramekhla took refuge under Bangal king of Gaur.After living many years in Gaur,Naramekhla pleaded king of Gaur to help him so that he could retrieved the lost throne of Arakan. Bangal king agreed and sent TEN air pilots with ten fighter jets under commander Wali Khan.The brave pilots bombed Arakan in around 1428,the Burmese king fled to Burma but Pilot Wali Khan hijacked the power for himself. After one year, when Bangal king heard the story, he sent again a pilot called Sandi Khan and he targeted Wali Khan with a US made HEAT SEEKER MISSILE while Wali Khan was jogging. Finally Naramekhla became king of Arakan with title name Soliman Sha. The “11-1=10″ pilots lived in Arakan with their families and built a VERY SMALL mosque called Sandikhan mosque. These “11-1=10″ pilots are the earliest muslim settler in Arakan. Few hundred years later, some followers of refugee Prince Shuja joined the TEN pilots. Their descendant are now known as Kaman, one of Myanmar’s officially recognized 135 ethnic groups. Even if Islam allows to take four wives at the same time, the descendant of 10 pilots will not exceed 3 lakh within 581 years??? Imgine, how could 3.5 millions rohingya be indigenous people of Arakan. The Rohingya entered illegally only during British colony and U Nu’s period. OKKKK sounds funny…
How many Kamans are living now in Myanmar? 3lakh, 5lakh or 1million?
Did Bangal king send only 10 pilot in 1428?
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