The Mujahids created a series of
attacks across the Rakhine state,
the news of the attack reached
the Pakistani government. The
Pakistani government howev-
er supported the Mujahids and
their relentless rebellion and
warn the Burmese government
to stop the oppression towards
the Muslims in Burmese.
This came to an end when
the Burmese government sent a
Muslim ambassador to Pakistan
in order to negotiate the Paki-
stani government to stop arm-
ing the Mujahids with weapons.
In 1954, the Pakistani govern-
ment captured and imprisoned
the leader of the Mujahids and
placed him in a Chittaggong jail
finally ending the rebellion with
a follow up of counterinsurgen-
cy from the Burmese military.
In the year of 1962, Gen-
eral Ne Win and his party, the
Burma Socialist Programme Par-
ty (BSPP) seized power of the
government with a military coup.
This worsened the situation of the
already struggling Rohingyans
with a rather dark history with the
Burmese government be-
fore. Any Rohingya
social and po-
litical organi-
zations were
wiped out. In 1977, Operation
were established along the border.
Nagamin or Dragon King began.
Many discussions across
It is an operation that is
government had happen through-
a national effort to register the
out the years till today. Many of
citizens of Burma and screen out
them either met with little success
foreigners according to a national
or some managed to open up the
census. More
border to let
than 200,000 Operation Nagamin saw some of the
Rohingyas fled the outrageous momentum refugees to go
to Bangladesh
back into the
done
by
the
Burmese
in May 1978
Rakhine state
due to being government to eradicate the or go out of
declared as il- so-called foreigners with it. However,
legal in Bur- military force, evicting them the violence
ma. Operation with army brutality, which c o n t i n u e s
Nagamin saw is through rape and murder. and the army
the outrageous
brutality con-
momentum
tinue to rage
done by the Burmese government
on until today. According to re-
to eradicate the so-called foreign-
ports made by the Humans Rights
ers with military force, evicting
Watch, more than 100,000 undoc-
them with army brutality, which
umented Rohingyas are in refugee
is through rape and murder.
camps across the border in Ban-
Aid from international
gladesh. The reports were made in
organizations began to operate
the year 2000. Now with recent re-
emergency supply relief but were
ports the number grew, and many
overwhelmed by the Burmese
tried and already fled the Rakh-
military government. The Bangla-
ine state fleeing the Myanmar
deshi government even requested
military in fear for its brutality.
for aid from the United Na-
tions and soon after as
many as thirteen camps
SASARAN JURNAL KRITIKAN MEDIA . 27