Bangladesh strongly protest over Rohingya persecution

The Myanmar ambassador Myo Myint Than in Dhaka has been summoned and handed a ‘strong protest note’ over his country’s persecution of Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine state.

Foreign Ministry of Bangladesh summoned the envoy and in a meeting with him a protest note was handed over on Wednesday.

Foreign secretary Kamrul Ahsan said, ‘We expressed our deep concerns over persecution, arson attacks and killings of Rohingya in Rakhine and asked them to stop these very soon.’

In response, the ambassador claimed that the news published in different media is false and nothing is happening there, he said.

Foreign Ministry handed over a protest note to Myanmar envoy at the time, Kamrul added.

Myanmar envoy, however, refused to make any comment to journalists.

It is notable that military force and local Buddhists have been persecuting Rohingya Muslims for a long time.

International media including BBC, Reuters reported that 130 Rohingya have been killed by them and thousands of houses were burnt in last few days.