ITV NEWS HEARS OF THE HORRIFIC VIOLENCE IN MYANMAR WHICH ROHINGYA ORPHANS UNDERWENT…
ITV NEWS HEARS OF THE HORRIFIC VIOLENCE IN MYANMAR WHICH ROHINGYA ORPHANS UNDERWENT…
Child Rohingya refugees have described horrific scenes of killing and violence which
forced them to flee their homes in Myanmar.
Young
Rohinya Muslims who were orphaned when family members were killed in front of
them. An estimated 620,000 men, women and children have now escaped to neighboring
Bangladesh due to persecution from the Burmese military in their native state
of Rakhine. More than half of those are believed to be minors. Many said they
had made the long and dangerous journey to Bangladesh alone. It comes as the UK pledged an extra £12 million tohelp displaced Rohingya Muslims. The alleged violence by the Burmese military
against the minority has received international condemnation. De-facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been singled out for failing to condemn the violence.
Jane Alum told ITV News he fled Myanmar
after a helicopter fired on his house, leaving his family to burn inside. The
12-year-old's father died in the attack and his mother is missing, presumed
dead. Two young sisters also escaped after witnessing their parents be
slaughtered in front of them. Yasmin and Tosmin Ara, 11 and 8, lost all their family when the Myanmar army attacked their village. They shot my father firstand then my mother," Yasmin said. Later the sisters discovered that their
grandparents had also been killed. Abdul, Jane and Sabekun all made the trek to
Bangladesh by themselves.
Authorities have now placed them with new
families. They saw their mothers being shot and the fathers have their throats
cut. It took Sabekun and her brother two weeks to reach safety - with only
leaves to eat. The Myanmar authorities refute many of the accounts given. Thousands
of stories of rape, torture and murder have been described as an
over-exaggeration. Plans by the government in Myanmar to repatriate the Rohingya Muslims come with no accountability or the suggestion the refugees
will ever get justice. It comes as the Pope arrived in Myanmar on Monday for a
visit during which he has been warned not to raise the plight of the Rohingya.
The
Pope though is expected to stand up to the Muslim minority when he meets AungSan Suu Kyi.
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