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Penang's house of horrors,
where Myanmarnationals were
murdered,
looks like ordinary house
Many were
murdered and
chopped here inrevenge killings
Published on Dec 07, 2014
Bukit Mertajam (Penang) !t looks like an" ordinar" single store" house in a #orkingclass neighbourhood$ But this little house in %am&ung Pisang in the Machang Bubok areaon mainland Penang has a horror stor" to tell$
'his #as #here M"anmar nationals #ere murdered and dismembered in brutal reengekillings$ Machang Bubok is located near Bukit Mertajam to#n, to the east o the oldPenang Bridge$
Police hae raided the house, #hich is located in a #ooded area, and sealed it, 'he *tarne#s&a&er said "esterda"$
Bloodstains #ere ound in the house, although the murderers had gien it a #ash and hadthe #alls re&ainted$
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'he killers, #ho had rented the &lace, had returned the house ke"s to the unsus&ectingo#ner$
Police hae arrested 17 M"anmar men oer the &ast t#o #eeks on sus&icion o beinginoled in the murders$
+ total o 1 M"anmar nationals hae been killed this "ear, and man" had their bodiescho&&ed u&$
+nother 10 bodies remain unidentiied and could also be rom M"anmar$
+ll the murders are belieed b" &olice to hae taken &lace on mainland Penang, and the bodies, or &arts o bodies, scattered in &lantations and other remote areas$
'he 2 killings #ere &art o -1 murders that took &lace in Penang this "ear, Mala" Mail.nline ne#s re&orted last /rida"$ ighteen o the ictims #ere Mala"sians$
'he big number o murder cases in Penang inoling man" M"anmar nationals hadalarmed the &ublic, #ho #ondered #hether a serial killer #as on the loose$
'here #as also s&eculation that the murders #ere linked to eents in M"anmar, #here
nationalist Buddhists had attacked and killed M"anmar Muslims and the stateless Muslimohing"as rom akhine state$
3e can tell rom the #a" the ictims died$$$ it #as reenge the" brought here rom theircountr", Penang &olice chie +bdul ahim anai #as 5uoted as sa"ing b" Mala" Mail.nline$
'he assailants did not use irearms in their killings$ 'he" used machetes to cho& theirictims into &ieces, he added$
+t %am&ung Pisang, Datuk +bdul ahim said it is belieed that the last t#o murderstook &lace at the house, #hich is no# unoccu&ied$
'he murder sus&ects are belieed to hae also rented another house si6 doors a#a"$
+ter isiting the houses last /rida", Mr +bdul ahim said Police hae recoered threelong machetes belieed to be the #ea&ons used b" the sus&ects$
e added that the house #here the murders #ere committed had been rented b" thesus&ects or the &ast our months$
3e are still inestigating ho# man" bodies had been cut u& in the house, he said$
+nother t#o sus&ects, in their 80s, #ere &icked u& on Penang island last 'hursda" night,taking the total number o sus&ects detained oer the murders o M"anmar nationals to17$
Police hae not said #hether all the 17 belonged to one grou& #ho attacked other
M"anmar nationals at random, or #hether there #as a leader #ho directed the attacks$
Police said the" had recoered a car, #hich #as belieed to hae been used b" thesus&ects to transer the bod" &arts to other locations$
!t #as re&orted on 9o 24 that a &ackage containing a human head #as ound in ront oa restaurant at 'aman !m&ian ia in Bukit Mertajam$
.ther discoeries o human &arts such as a headless torso, a hand and a let arm #ere alsomade recentl" in other &arts o Penang$
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'he *tar:+sia 9e#s 9et#ork
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18 deaths in Penang may belinked to Myanmar unrest
Published - December 2014
Police hae detained 1- &eo&le rom M"anmar oer a string o gruesome murders in a &o&ular Mala"sian tourist destination, and beliee the killings are linked to ethnic unrestin their natie countr", re&orts said /rida"$
Public an6iet" has risen in Mala"sia;s historic state o Penang oer the &ast e# monthsas mutilated cor&ses or seered bod" &arts hae turned u& < #ith at least 1 m"steriousand une6&lained murders o M"anmar nationals$
+uthorities had made little comment until no# but the state;s &olice chie #as 5uoted/rida" sa"ing the" no# beliee the killings are linked to iolent clashes bet#eenMuslims and Buddhists in M"anmar$
3e can tell that these are the #ork o M"anmar nationals$ 'he" bring their hatred hererom their countr" o origin, +bdul ahim anai #as 5uoted as sa"ing b" the Mala"Mail$
!t #as reenge the" brought here rom their countr"$
e said &olice #ere still inestigating$ 'he re&ort &roided little urther detail and +/P
#as not immediatel" able to reach Penang &olice or comment$=iolent clashes bet#een majorit" Buddhists and Muslim ohing"a < #ho the >nited 9ations calls one o the most &ersecuted minorities in the #orld < eru&ted in 2012 in#estern M"anmar;s akhine state$
'he iolence has let about 200 &eo&le dead and u& to 140,000, mostl" ohing"a,dis&laced$
3ith its relatiel" more deelo&ed econom", Mala"sia is a soughtater destination orM"anmar reugees and illegal migrants < both Buddhists and ohing"a < man" o #hom bring along their sectarian grudges$
M"anmar actiists in Mala"sia sa" do?ens o Buddhists hae been killed in reenge
attacks related to the akhine iolence$
M"anmar Buddhists com&lain that authorities in Muslimmajorit" Mala"sia hae donelittle to sto& the attacks$
'he recent string o killings in Penang < &o&ular #ith tourists or its beaches, historicca&ital o @eorgeto#n and &ol"glot cuisine < has uelled concern$
*ome o those murdered in Penang #ere ound #ith their throats slit or heads and limbsseered$
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'he Mala" Mail and other re&orts did not s&eci" #hether those killed, or detained #ereBuddhist or Muslim$ 9o urther inormation about the ictims has been oiciall"released$
undreds o thousands o M"anmar as"lumseekers and economic migrants < most othem Buddhists < hae made it to Mala"sia$
eugee actiists sa" the lo# is accelerating ollo#ing the akhine iolence andcontinued re&ression o ohing"a$
M"anmar;s goernment ie#s its roughl" 1$8 million ohing"a as oreigners, den"ingmost o them citi?enshi&$
Penang is on Mala"sia;s northern coast, along the dangerous sea route ia southern'hailand that is taken b" ohing"a leeing M"anmar$ < +/P, December -, 2014$
http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/18-deaths-could-be-linked-to-myanmar-
unrest-says-penang-police-chief
Malaysian police detain 15 Burmeseover series of gruesome murders
.icials sus&ect killing o at least 1 Burmese nationals in Penang ma" be result oreenge attacks oer iolence at home
+gence /rancePresse in %uala Aum&ur 'he @uardian, /rida" - December 2014 11$47@M'
Mala"sian &olice hae detained 1- &eo&le rom Burma oer a series o gruesome murdersin a &o&ular tourist destination, and beliee the killings are linked to ethnic unrest in their home countr", re&orts sa"$
Public an6iet" has risen in the state o Penang ater the discoer" o mutilated cor&sesand seered bod" &arts < #ith at least 1 une6&lained murders o Burmese nationals$
+uthorities had made little comment until no# but the states &olice chie #as 5uoted on/rida" as sa"ing the" no# belieed the killings #ere linked to iolent clashes bet#eenMuslims and Buddhists in Burma$ C!t #as reenge the" brought here rom their countr",+bdul ahim anai said, according to the Mala" Mail$
Elashes bet#een majorit" Buddhists and Muslim ohing"a < #ho the >nited 9ationsdescribe as one o the most &ersecuted minorities in the #orld < eru&ted in 2012 in#estern Burma$
'he iolence has led to the deaths o about 200 &eo&le and dis&laced u& to 140,000,mostl" ohing"a$
3ith its relatiel" more deelo&ed econom", Mala"sia is a soughtater destination orBurmese reugees and illegal migrants < both Buddhists and ohing"a < man" o #hom bring along their sectarian grudges$ Burmese actiists in Mala"sia sa" do?ens oBuddhists hae been killed in reenge attacks and that authorities in the Muslimmajorit"countr" hae done little to sto& them$
'he recent killings in Penang < &o&ular #ith tourists or its beaches, historic ca&ital o
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@eorgeto#n and &ol"glot cuisine < hae uelled concerns$ *ome o those murdered #ereound #ith their throats slit or head and limbs seered$
e&orts did not s&eci" #hether those killed or detained #ere Buddhist or Muslim$ 9ourther inormation about the ictims has been oiciall" released$
undreds o thousands o Burmese as"lum seekers and economic migrants < most othem Buddhist < hae made it to Mala"sia and reugee actiists sa" the lo# isaccelerating$
Burmas goernment ie#s its roughl" 1$8 million ohing"a as oreigners, den"ing mosto them citi?enshi&$
htt&::###$theguardian$com:#orld:2014:dec:0-:mala"sian&olicedetain1-burmesemurders&enang
Malaysian deaths linked to
Myanmar unrestPublished F24 &m, /rida", - December 2014
+ grou& o 1- &eo&le rom M"anmar, ormerl" kno#n as Burma, hae been detainedoer a string o gruesome murders in a &o&ular Mala"sian tourist destination, and &olice beliee the killings are linked to ethnic unrest in their natie countr"$
Public an6iet" has risen in Mala"sia;s historic state o Penang oer the &ast e# monthsas mutilated cor&ses or seered bod" &arts hae turned u& #ith at least 1 m"steriousand une6&lained murders o M"anmar nationals$
+uthorities had made little comment until no# but the state;s &olice chie #as 5uoted/rida" sa"ing the" no# beliee the killings are linked to M"anmar;s sectarian bloodshed #here there has been iolent clashes bet#een Muslims and Buddhists$
;3e can tell that these are the #ork o M"anmar nationals$ 'he" bring their hatred hererom their countr" o origin,; +bdul ahim anai #as 5uoted as sa"ing b" the Mala"Mail$
;!t #as reenge the" brought here rom their countr"$;
e said &olice #ere still inestigating$ 'he re&ort &roided little urther detail$
=iolent clashes bet#een majorit" Buddhists and Muslim ohing"a #ho the >nited 9ations calls one o the most &ersecuted minorities in the #orld eru&ted in 2012 in
#estern M"anmar;s akhine state$
'he iolence has let about 200 &eo&le dead and u& to 140,000, mostl" ohing"a,dis&laced$
3ith its relatiel" more deelo&ed econom", Mala"sia is a soughtater destination orM"anmar reugees and illegal migrants both Buddhists and ohing"a man" o #hom bring along their sectarian grudges$
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linkedtom"anmarunrest$html
MPs urge Malaysia to
protect Burmese nationals'he Burmese &arliaments u&&er house has inished com&iling a re&ort on the targetedattacks and killings o Burmese migrant #orkers in Mala"sia, and said it is &lanning tosend the re&ort to the Mala"sian &arliament$
'he re&ort, #hich urges the Mala"sian goernment to curb the iolence and &rotectBurmese nationals, #as &resented to MPs in Burmas u&&er house on 'uesda"Gthe da"ater a re&ort in the Straits Times said that another Burmese national #as ound dead inMala"sia$
'he Straits Times re&ort 5uoted a &olice chie rom Penang, #ho said that local &olice
oicers had ound a 84 "earold Burmese construction #orker #ith his throat slit on a &alm oil &lantation$
During a &arliamentar" session in *e&tember, MP %hin Maung Aatt rom +rakan *tate &ut or#ard a 5uestion to the u&&er house seeking to kno# #hat action Burmas &arliament should take to address iolence against Burmese nationals in Mala"sia$
!n res&onse, the u&&er house decided to look into the issue$ +ter the resulting re&ort #as &resented to &arliament on 'uesda", u&&er house s&eaker %hin +ung M"int told MPs thatit #ill be translated into nglish and sent to Mala"sias &arliamentar" s&eaker$
%hin +ung M"int also said that i Mala"sia doesnt res&ond, Burmas &arliament #illraise the issue again during +*+9s !nterParliamentar" +ssembl"$
n !"1#, Malaysian police detained more than $"" Burmese nationals in a security
sweep after at least two Burmese individuals were killed in the country% Man" beliee that attacks against Burmese migrants in Mala"sia are a res&onse to the Cintercommunal iolence bet#een Buddhists and Muslims that has occurred intermittentl" inBurma since 2011$
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&our Burmese
orkers (illedBrutally in Malaysia
)his Month By 9I!9 9I!9 J %I+3 %+ : ' !+3+DDIK 'hursda", Lul" 10, 2014 K/our Burmese #orkers hae been killed b" unkno#n attackers oer the &ast 10 da"s inMala"sia, according to an 9@. &roiding the uneral serices$
C+ll o them #ere attacked #ith knies but on dierent dates and &laces since Lul" 1$ 'he#a" the" #ere all murdered #as similar, *an 3in, chairman o the M"anmar /ree/uneral *erices, a %uala Aum&urbased grou&, told 'he !rra#add" on 'hursda"$ C!tlooks like the" #ere ambushed$ 'he ourth man, #ho #as murdered "esterda", #as justlike the &reious three his throat #as slashed, his hands #ere cho&&ed and his stomachhad been stabbed$
M"o Pai, head o another %uala Aum&urbased ree uneral serice that assists Burmese
migrants, #as killed on 3ednesda", the same da" a uneral #as held or his colleague %o'on", #ho #as killed on Monda" in Penang, some 800 kilometers a#a"$ Both #ere #ellkno#n among Burmese migrant #orkers in the countr", according to the social #orkerand amil" members, #ho said the t#o men hel&ed illegal Burmese immigrant #orkersreturn to their homeland$
C! could not beliee he #as killed like that$ er"one loes him because he #as a socialman, said M"o Pais son Ie tut Pai$ C3e do not kno# e6actl" ho# it ha&&ened because it #as late in the eening, and the &olice sa" the" are still inestigating$
*ome sus&ect the attacks #ere related to clashes bet#een Buddhists and Muslims thatrocked Burmas secondbiggest cit" Mandala" last #eek$
C+t irst, the murders #ere belieed to hae been caused b" social or inancial issues, butman" here think the" are related to the riots in Mandala" last #eek$ 3heneer there iscommunal conlict, there are more killings here, *an 3in said$
e said that last "ear in Ma", #hen antiMuslim riots broke out in the Burmese to#ns oMeikhtila and Aashio, nine Burmese &eo&le #ere killed in Mala"sia and 1- others #ereinjured$
'he Burmese mbass" in Mala"sia has been inormed o the recent deaths this month, as
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hae Mala"sian authorities$
C+ter the Burmese mbass" learned about the Burmese being attacked b" someMala"sian e6tremist grou&, the Burmese ambassador and militar" attach talked to theMala"sian oreign ministr", interior ministr" and securit" oicials to urgentl" inestigatethose murder cases and to take action against the &er&etrators, the Burmese mbass"
said in a statement$
!t added that the ambassador Curged the Mala"sian authorities to &rotect M"anmarNBurmeseO #orkers rom such attacks$
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)wo Burmese nationals
murdered in MalaysiaB" +I 9+! 11 Lul" 2014 Print mail
'#o Burmese nationals #ere murdered in se&arate incidents in the Mala"sian cities oPuchong and Butter#orth this #eek$
3hile the deaths o the t#o Burmese nationals < 'on", 40, and M"o Paing, -0 < are notdirectl" linked to the recent Mandala" riots, a re&resentatie o a Burmese communit"grou& in Mala"sia noted that in recent times, communal iolence in Burma has regularl" been ollo#ed closel" b" reenge killings o Burmese nationals in Mala"sia, a &redominantl" Muslim countr"$
!t is not "et a&&arent #hich religion or religions the t#o men ollo#ed, nor #hether theirmurders #ere in an" #a" related to communal tensions in their home countr"$
'heir deaths come da"s ater Mandala" Diision #as rocked #ith communal iolence$ !nEhan +"e 'har?an 'o#nshi&, t#o men < one Muslim and one Buddhist < #ere killed b"mobs during t#o nights o riots$
.n 7 Lul", 'on" #as ound dead in Butter#orth, Penang$ '#o da"s later, M"o Paing #ashacked to death b" a grou& o unidentiied men in Puchong, about 20 kilometres south o%uala Aum&ur$ M"o Paing, #ho has resided in Mala"sia or roughl" 2- "ears, hadattended the uneral o 'on" earlier that da"$
+ccording to *an 3in, chairman o Burmese communit" grou& %e&ong /ree /uneral+ssistance .rganisation, an e"e#itness said that M"o Paing #as #alking home aroundH&m at night #hen si6 men droe u& on motorbikes and &roceeded hack at him #ith long blades$
*an 3in said that killings o Burmese nationals in Mala"sia ollo#ing communal riots inBurma has become a regular &attern, and he called on the Burmese embass" in Mala"siato &ressure the authorities to arrest the &er&etrators$
C!n the last "ear, about nine &eo&le hae been killed but not a single case #as resolednot a single arrest has been made, *an 3in said$ C3e ho&e the Burmese goernment
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and the embass" in %uala Aum&ur #ill &ressure the Mala"sian ome +airs Ministr" toinestigate these murders$
'he Burmese mbass" in %uala Aum&ur released a statement on 10 Lul" sa"ing that ithad learnt that Burmese nationals in Mala"sia #ere being targeted #ith iolence b" someCe6tremist grou&s$
!n its statement, the embass" said, C3e hae met #ith the relatie oicials at theMala"sian ome +airs and /oreign +airs ministries and securit" organisations$ 3eurged them to &rotect Burmese nationals and immediatel" identi" and take action againstthe assailants$
Mala"sian ome Ministr" s&okes#oman /ad?elette .thman Merican said inestigationsor the t#o cases #ere ongoing, and declined to comment urther$
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Myanmar *ationals inMalaysia +haken fter
ctivist's (illingttack on -isiting Buddhist Politicians lso .attles
/ommunity
B"
Eeline /ernande? +nd *hibani Mahtani
/eb$ 1H, 2014 2F a$m$ '
%>+A+ A>MP>, Mala"sia'he brutal killing o a M"anmarborn democrac" actiisthere has unnered M"anmar nationals in Mala"sia, #ho #orr" that religious tensions back home are s&illing into their si?able communit" in their ado&tie countr"$
+ung @"i, a Buddhist and member o the Mala"sia cha&ter o @eneration J 9e#@eneration *ociet"Ga &rominent grou& &ushing or urther democratic reorms inM"anmarG#as ound dead /eb$ 4, &olice said$ is bod" had been stued in the trunk oan abandoned car, the" said$ +n auto&s" re&ort sho#ed he had been stabbed in the neckand ace b" a scre#drier, attacked #ith a hea" object&ossibl" a brick or cluband &unched seeral times$
'hat same #eek, t#o Buddhist &oliticians rom M"anmar;s troubled akhine stateesca&ed unharmed ater a drieb" shooting #hile isiting %uala Aum&ur, in #hat &olicedescribed as a likel" assassination attem&t$
+"e Maung, a legislator, and +"e 'har +ung, &resident o the +rakan Aeague orDemocrac"Ga grou& that cham&ions the rights o ethnic akhine BuddhistsGsaid in a
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ne#s conerence that the" beliee religious terrorists #ere inoled in the attem&t ontheir lies$
Mala"sian &olice, ho#eer, haen;t released a motie or identiied a sus&ect in eitherattack$ 9o eidence so ar links the t#o incidents, Mohammed +dnan +bdullah, chieo the Eriminal !nestigation De&artment in Mala"sia;s *elangor state, told 'he 3all
*treet Lournal on Monda"$ 'he inestigation, he said, #ill coer all angles to establishthe motie behind the killing o Mr$ +ung @"i, including a &ossible &olitical link$
ising antiMuslim sentiment in M"anmar has stained its &romising democratictransition, &itting majorit" Buddhists against the minorit" grou&, es&eciall" in akhinestate, #hich borders Bangladesh$ More than 1-0,000 still remain dis&laced ater riotsthere orced &eo&le rom their homes and into makeshit shelters$
Elashes hae s&read to other &arts o the countr" oer the &ast "ear, killing at least 1-0the ictims oer#helmingl" Muslim$
*ecurit" e6&erts hae #arned that these tensions could s&ill into other &arts o the region, &articularl" Muslimmajorit" Mala"sia and !ndonesia #here those s"m&athetic to#ard
the &light o M"anmar Muslims could carr" out reenge attacks$
Mala"sia is es&eciall" ulnerable to these tensions, #ith a large &o&ulation o bothBuddhist and Muslim M"anmar residents$ 'he .ice o the >nited 9ations ighEommissioner or eugees sa"s about 84,8F ohing"a are registered as reugees inMala"sia, along #ith 7,H40 ethnic akhines$ +lso, an estimated thousands o others romM"anmar are in Mala"sia illegall" or a#aiting reugee status$
Most ethnic akhines are Buddhist, #hile ohing"a are &redominantl" Muslim$
M"anmar actiists in Mala"sia #ho are Buddhists told 'he 3all *treet Lournal the" areincreasingl" araid or their lies$
! am rightened, said M"at %o %o, a Buddhist #ho had demonstrated alongside Mr$+ung @"i or democratic reorm in M"anmar$ 3hat ha&&ened to +ung @"i can ha&&ento the rest o us actiists$
Mean#hile, M"anmar Muslims liing in Mala"sia ear that the" could be unairl" blamedor the attacks and then become a target o iolence$
! hae neer heard o ohing"as killing actiists or &oliticians in all m" lie, said +bdulamid Musa +li, &resident o the ohing"a *ociet" in Mala"sia, a grou& that &roidesassistance to Muslim ohing"a reugees in the countr"$ ! ohing"as #ere that brae,the" #ould hae remained in akhine and ought there$
Mala"sia;s to& &olice oicer, %halid +bu Bakar, said at a ne#s conerence 'uesda" thathe is concerned about s&illoer rom M"anmar;s BuddhistMuslim tensions$
N3eO are ollo#ing #hateer is ha&&ening in M"anmar er" closel", said Mr$ %halid,ins&ector general o the Mala"sian &olice$
!n Lune, iolence linked to troubles in M"anmar;s akhine state let our &eo&le dead inMala"sia and at least 1- injured, all M"anmar Buddhists$ *an 3in, a M"anmar Buddhistliing in Mala"sia, said he and Mr$ +ung @"i had receied death threats ater#ard$
Mr$ *an 3in said he and other Buddhists in Mala"sia eel ulnerable ollo#ing the
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killing o his riend$
!n Ma", seeral !ndonesians #ere arrested or &lotting to bomb the M"anmar embass" inLakarta$ *us&ects in the case later admitted to &lanning an attack, sa"ing the" #anted toaenge the killings o ello# Muslims in M"anmar$ !ndonesia has the #orld;s largest &o&ulation o Muslims$
rite to Eeline /ernande? at Eeline$/ernande?Q#sj$com and *hibani Mahtani atshibani$mahtaniQ#sj$com
htt&::online$#sj$com:articles:*B100014240-2702808F8F404-7H8H2480F047H24
Myanmar 0emands ustice
&or Murdered in Malaysia20140H1H
Eoncerns hae been e6&ressed oer the saet" o M"anmars 1$- million migrant laborersin Mala"sia ollo#ing the grisl" murders o more than 20 mostl" M"anmar #orkers oerthe last 1- months, in #hat obserers beliee could be killings linked to BuddhistMuslimiolence in #estern M"anmars akhine state$
'he latest murder inoling t#o #orkers last #eekend &rom&ted a nongoernmentalorgani?ation to demand that the M"anmar goernment &ressure authorities in &redominantl" Muslim Mala"sia to track do#n the &er&etrators, #hile the s&eaker oM"anmars u&&er house o &arliament o#ed to send a letter to his counter&art calling or clariication on the situation$
*un 3in, the M"anmar chairman o the %a&on /ree /uneral *erice *ociet" in Mala"sia,said /rida" that he did not beliee &olice #ere #orking hard enough to sole the murderso the mostl" Buddhist actor" #orkers, #hich authorities sa" ma" hae been ethnicall"motiated$
C3hat #e #ant is or NM"anmarO President 'hein *ein and his goernment to directl" &ressure the Mala"sian goernment to #ork on these casesGi not, the" #ont hel& us,he told /+s M"anmar *erice$
CNMala"sianO &olice announced the" are tr"ing to arrest Nthe &er&etratorsO, but since the
irst killing in Ma" 2018 R &eo&le rom M"anmar hae been murdered each month andno one has been arrested so ar$
'he most recent murders on *e&t$ 14 inoled t#o men in their 80s rom #esternM"anmars majorit" Buddhist akhine state, #here blood" communal iolence has letmore than 20 &eo&le dead and tens o thousands dis&laced oer the &ast t#o "ears$
uman rights grou&s hae accused authorities in the state o discriminating against the
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Muslim ohing"a communit", #ho the" sa" bore the brunt o the iolence at the hands o akhine Buddhists$
*un 3in said that his organi?ation had held meetings in Ma" in Mala"sia #ith M"anmar+mbassador 'ha +ung 9"un and M"anmars De&ut" Minister o Aabor 'in +ung to
e6&ress their concerns about the saet" o M"anmars migrant #orkers$
C3e told them about these &roblems and the" said the" had alread" re&orted to theMala"sian goernment about it, he said$
C! dont kno# e6actl" N#h" these murders continue occurringO, but Burmese &eo&le arearaid and #orried$ Man" &eo&le are &reå to go back home$
+ccording to *un 3in, the *e&t$ 14 murders #ere discoered ater the t#o men, #ho#ere Buddhists, neer returned rom #ork in the north#estern Mala"sias Penang state$
C'he &eo&le #ho lied together #ith them re&orted their disa&&earance to the &olice andthen the &olice sho#ed them the t#o dead bodies, #hich belonged to the men #ho hadntreturned the night beore, he said$
C'he" had been stabbed in the bellies and sides, and one had his throat slit$ .ne #as%"a# 'ha la rom Mrauk> and the other #as %"a# +"e laing rom Iatha"toung$
Pledge of letter
*un 3ins call or &ressure ollo#s a &ledge rom M"anmars u&&er house s&eaker %hin+ung M"int to send a letter to his counter&art in Mala"sia e6&ressing concern at thenumber o M"anmar citi?ens #ho hae been killed in the countr" recentl"$
'he Myanmar Times on 'hursda" cited %hin +ung M"int as sa"ing he #ould send theletter ater receiing a re&ort rom the u&&er houses uman ights Eommittee com&ilinginormation on those #ho hae been killed, as #ell as the a&&arent attem&t to assassinatet#o &rominent akhine MPs in /ebruar"$
%hin +ung M"int made the comment in res&onse to a 5uestion rom %hing Maung Aatt, aakhine state la#maker #ho had asked ho# the goernment #as res&onding to attackson M"anmar nationals in Mala"sia, the re&ort said$
!n /ebruar" a M"anmar &rodemocrac" actiist #as killed in %uala Aum&ur just a da" beore t#o gunmen on a motorc"cle shot at akhine 9ational Deelo&ment Part" leader+"e Maung and +rakan Aeague or Democrac" chair +"e 'har +ung$ 'he Times saidthat the t#o later blamed the attack on C!slamic terrorists$
2arlier killings
!n Lune 2018 seeral M"anmar migrants #ere killed in Mala"sia ollo#ing a s&ike in
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iolence bet#een Buddhists and Muslims belieed to hae been s&arked b" thecommunal clashes in M"anmar$
M"anmar Buddhists com&lain that Mala"sia;s Muslimdominated &olice orce has notsoled an" o the murders$
'he Times 5uoted M"anmars De&ut" Minister or ome +airs Brigadier @eneral%"a# San M"int as sa"ing that 9a"&"ida# has no right to interere #ith the inestigation b" Mala"sian authorities, and that M"anmar &olice #ere coo&erating #ith theircounter&arts to a&&rehend the gunmen in the alleged attack on the t#o akhine MPs$
Mala"sias Malay Mail online re&orted 'hursda" that a s&ecial task orce had been set u& b" &olice to inestigate the murders, 5uoting state de&ut" &olice chie Datuk +$'haieegan, #ho said authorities #ere C&robing i religious dis&utes are inoled$
'he Mail said most o the killings had taken &lace around Penangs *eberang Perai, and
that ohing"a Muslims rom M"anmars akhine state are the main sus&ects$
Reported by Nay Rein Kyaw for RFA’s Myanmar Service. Translated by Khet Mar.
Written in n!lish by "osh#a $ipes.
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- DEMB 2014 B>%!' M'+L+M Police discoered a Cslaughterhouse atEherok 'okun, #here M"anmar nationals #ere belieed to hae been killed anddismembered$
Penang &olice chie Datuk +bdul ahim anai said t#o M"anmar nationals aged bet#een 80 and 40 #ere detained at the homes in a illage last night$
C'hese men hae been renting t#o units at a illage here or the &ast our months$
C'he" hae carried out the butchering at one unit, and lied in another unit si6 doorsa#a", he said #hen met at the scene toda"$
Police sa" that these #ere reenge killings and #as among M"anmar nationals$
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.n 9o 24, a &ackage containing a human head #as in ront o a restaurant at 'aman!m&ian ia, Bukit Mertajam$
.n 'hursda", residents ound a headless torso and a hand inside a gunn" sack in a canalat *ungai Baka&$
.n Monda", a human head and let arm #ere ound in a &lastic bag near a garbage bin atMachang Bubok, near here$
*o ar, &olice hae detained oer 1- M"anmar nationals acilitate inestigations into theheinous killings o their countr"men$
'he s&ate o killings and the gruesome ind o bodies in man" dierent &laces o Penanghae raised concerns o &ossible communal clashes bet#een M"anmar nationals$
Police, ho#eer, denied there #ere communal clashes in the communit" but #ere merel"reenge killings oer debt, jealous" and other social issues$
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@.@ '.39 Police have concluded that the savage killings of !# Myanmar
nationals, males aged between !" and 7", in Penang recently were linked to ethnictensions between Buddhists and Muslims in Myanmar%
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+ &olice source #ho disclosed these details said a special task force from Bukit man
managed to piece together the story after picking up a key suspect, a Muslim from
the rakan district in Myanmar, last week% )he suspect reportedly led police to si<
other suspects who were also detained to assist in the probe into the killings of the
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@.@ '.39 Police hae concluded that the saage killings o 28 M"anmar
nationals, males aged bet#een 20 and 40, in Penang recentl" #ere linked to ethnictensions bet#een Buddhists and Muslims in M"anmar$+ &olice source #ho disclosed these details said a s&ecial task orce rom Bukit +manmanaged to &iece together the stor" ater &icking u& a ke" sus&ect, a Muslim rom the+rakan district in M"anmar, last #eek$ 'he sus&ect re&ortedl" led &olice to si6 othersus&ects #ho #ere also detained to assist in the &robe into the killings o the 28 M"anmar nationals$'he main sus&ect has since conessed, according to the source, that he had a hand in the
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killings$C'he main sus&ect said si6 o his amil" members #ere killed during communal clashesin his home state a "ear ago$ 3e are no# &iecing the connection bet#een all 28 cases tosee i the" #ere linked, the source said$C'he root o the killings has been identiied and #e ho&e to #ra& u& inestigations in the
ne6t e# #eeks$Penang &olice chie +bdul ahim anai, in a brie statement, conirmed that seenM"anmar nationals had been detained ollo#ing the recent rise in the number ooreigners killed in the state$C*o ar, the" hae been er" coo&eratie$ 3e hae had some deelo&ments regarding thesus&ects, he said in adising the &ublic not to s&eculate$
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M4+= )hree
Buddhist workers weresavagely tortured, raped,
and had their throats cut by
a Muslim mob of at least 15
Bengali men, all,apparently illegal aliens
from Burma >Myanmar?)hree Buddhist@akhine men working as tappers in a
rubber plantation near the town of lor +etar in
Malaysia were brutally killed during the night of0ecember !8% )he fourth man managed to flee from the
Muslim attackers while they were trying to tie him
down with ropes%
9laoo1$8" %&esterday at abo#t '' in the ni!ht of (ecember )* abo#t '+
,en!ali M#slims - we now they are ille!als from ,#rma and worin! here in
Malaysia - too three &ahines onto the nearby hill and raped them. And later
they m#rdered them by c#ttin! their throats. Today (ecember )/0 at abo#t /123
we discovered their bodies on the top of that hill. These three faced most #!ly
deaths04 said Maung )han 9laing to the *arinAara%
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)undra )abloids ;h, and we have to remember that Malaysia is the country that
the apologists label as the showcase Muslim state of moderation and of tolerance%
ts anything but, and any tolerance and normalcy it once e<hibited, it gained from
outside non@slamic sources% *ow its in the slamiCation process and the true nature
begins to shine through%
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nger ;ver ttacks
gainst Myanmar Migrants
in MalaysiaPosted 14 Lune 2018 808 @M'
'he ethnic iolence in M"anmar seems to be s&reading in nearb" countries$
*ome M"anmar Buddhist migrants in Mala"sia hae been attacked in recent #eeks #hichman" &eo&le beliee are related to the ongoing ethnic and religious tension in M"anmar$+ccording to leen Media, F died and 12 #ere hos&itali?ed #ith injuries during theiolent attacks against M"anmar nationals in Mala"sia rom Ma" 80 to Lune $
M"anmar;s mbass" in Mala"sia initiall" dismissed the ne#s #hich angered man"Burmese neti?ens$ Ie tut, M"anmar;s De&ut" Minister o Ministr" o !normationclariiedNm"O the re&ort
(3e) read the ne#s on the !nternet about the clashes near a M"anmar monaster"at %amPung and *ela"ang and that some M"anmar nationals died$ (3e)immediatel" asked the M"anmar mbass" in Mala"sia about this issue at - &mand again at &m ia the Ministr" o /oreign +airs$ 'he +mbassador said thene#s #as alse$ N$$$O
+ M"anmar national &ut 11 red roses in ront o Mala"sia;s mbass" in Iangon in honoro M"anmar migrants killed in Mala"sia$ Photo < Ie Moe;s /acebook$
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3ai Ain .o e6&ressedNm"O his rustration #ith the mbass";s res&onse
!t;s actuall" ha&&eningT ! "ou #ant to a&&roe mbass";s #ords, just &re&are alight in M"anmar to carr" the dead bodies back$
/ang an assertedNm"O a similar &oint$
Peo&le are suering$ 'he" are just sim&l" liars #ho don;t een go outside thembass"$ +nd the" charge us e6treme ta6es$ ! can;t een mention in #ords ho#the" oten re&rimand ( citi?ens #ho are seeking reuge in the mbass")$ N$$$O3hen can #e de&end on M"anmar goernmentU !t;s reall" discouraging$ 3here isres&ect or human rights o M"anmar nationalsUN$$$O
M"o *et com&aredNm"O ho# the goernments o other countries are behaing #hen aced#ith a similar situation
3hen a La&anese #as killed in 2007 in M"anmar, a La&an Minister came at once$3hen M"anmar #orkers had issues #ith a %orean actor" o#ner, the %oreanmbass" suddenl" became inoled in the case$ 9orth %orea cleared a#a" the books about %im Long !ll rom book sho&s in M"anmar$ 3hat a shameT >* camedo#n to M"anmar once there #ere issues o Ietta#$
.ur turnU
!n Mala"sia, the +mbassador;s mouth got a stroke$ Ministr" o !normation iscri&&led and M"anmar goernment is &aral"?ed$
We are Burmese, a communit" &age o M"anmar citi?ens around the #orld 5uestioned the silence o [email protected] and media regarding the abuses suered b" Buddhists in Mala"sia
3hen riots in Meikhtilar 'o#nshi& in M"anmar ha&&ened, (the global) media andinternational organi?ations (like the) >9, uman ights 3atch (re&orted) about itand some een e6aggerated the (situation), labeling it ethnic cleansing, genocide,
Muslims in M"anmar are being brutall" massacred, or something like thatR$But#h" are the" silent than normal about the current massacre in Mala"sia targetingM"anmar BuddhistsU o# man" lies must the Burmese Buddhists sacriiceurther to &ut the (situation) on &ages and screensU Please sho# the socalled!@'* "ou all re&eatedl" use #heneer "ou get eer" chance to make theBurmese Buddhists dishonorable in eer" &age and eer" screen #orld#ide$
.n Lune 4, #hen oices became louder and attacks became more serious, the M"anmargoernment issued an +ide Memoire to Mala"sia;s +mbassador in M"anmar urging theMala"sian goernment to inestigate the issue immediatel" and take legal actions againstres&onsible &ersons$ .n Lune F, Mala"sia re&orted that H00 M"anmar nationals #eredetained during a securit" s#ee&$ M"anmar goernment is &reåNm"O to send a team
o s&ecial re&resentaties to Mala"sia$
*ince some o the injured M"anmar migrants cannot aord the hos&ital bills, theMala"sia %am&ung /ree /uneral *erice *ocial 'eam (%am&ung //**) gae donation tothe ictims$ > +ung %o 3in, President o the %anba#?a Bank #ho also runs M"anmar+ir#a"s !nternational (M+!) donatedNm"O V-0,000 >* dollars and cut the M+! air ticketees o the Mala"siaM"anmar route b" -0W or the conenience o migrants #ho #ishto go back to M"anmar$ +nother #ellkno#n #ealth" &ersonnel, > Sa# Sa#, #ho is
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President o M"anmar /ootball /ederation announcedNm"O that he #ill donate 1,000 airtickets or those #ho #ant to go back to M"anmar, &lus additional V20,000 >* dollarsdonation to %am&ung //**$
Man" neti?ens on /acebook changed their &roile &ictures to black to griee the deaths o M"anmar citi?ens in Mala"sia$
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:ruesome Myanmar communal murders grip Penang
By +% rulldas
Published *e&tember 1, 2014 0718 +M
@.@ '.39, *e&t 1 G '#ent" &eo&le saagel" murdered in Penang this "ear are belieed to be ictims o communal clashes bet#een Muslims and Buddhists romM"anmar$
Police said the latest #as the doublemurder o t#o men in their 80s #ho had their throats
slit and their bodies dum&ed in an oil &alm &lantation in %am&ung Manggis in BukitMertajam on Monda"$
Police are #orried religious and ethnic tensions bet#een the t#o grou&s in M"anmarhae bubbled to surace in the state #ith deadl" conse5uences$ Most o the ictims #ereBuddhists$
'he" hae been unable to head o the iolence due to communication &roblems #ith bothcommunities$
*tate de&ut" &olice chie Datuk +$ 'haieegan said a s&ecial task orce has been set u& b" &olice to inestigate the deaths$
C3e are &robing i religious dis&utes are inoled, he said$
'he lash&oint o this iolence is *eberang Prai #here ohing"a Muslims rom the#estern akhine state are the main sus&ects in the killings$
9o one has been arrested in connection #ith the murders #hich began in Lanuar",although seeral #ea&ons, mainl" knies hae been sei?ed$
'he reason or the killings are not immediatel" clear, #ith both grou&s blaming eachother or the bitter tension$
Police sources said the ictims, mostl" actor" #orkers, #ere brutall" killed and #ereound #ith their throats slit$
+ source said C*i6 &eo&le #ere been killed in central *eberang Prai in three se&aratecases #hile the remains o t#o other ictims #ere discoered in southern *eberang Praiin the last our months$
C'he remaining cases #ere re&orted in northern *eberang Prai #hile seeral other caseshae also been occurred on the island$
'he source said the ictims, all men, aged bet#een 20 and 40 #ere abducted rom theirhomes and murdered else#here$
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(euters) thnic iolence in M"anmar bet#een Muslims and Buddhists a&&ears to haes&illed oer into Mala"sia, &olice said on 3ednesda", #ith our killings in recent da"ssus&ected to be linked to the religious tension$
+ll the ictims, including a man slashed to death b" machete#ielding attackers at a car#ash in the ca&ital, %uala Aum&ur, this #eek, #ere Buddhists rom M"anmar, said the
cit";s de&ut" &olice chie +mar *ingh !shar *ingh$
3e hae a eedback that this ma" be M"anmar Buddhists and Muslims haing as&illoer here in %uala Aum&ur, he told euters$ !n M"anmar, the Muslims are theictims, oer here the Buddhists are the ictims$
*ingh said the &olice had set u& a s&ecial task orce to deal #ith the iolence in %ualaAum&ur and had arrested about F0 M"anmar immigrants this #eek in an attem&t tocontrol tensions$
Mala"sia;s Bernama state ne#s agenc" said the 20"earold ictim #as slee&ing at the car #ash #hen he #as attacked b" 10 &eo&le$ !t 5uoted &olice as sa"ing a man and a #omanalso suered injuries in the attack$
Police did not gie details o the other attacks$
+ntiMuslim iolence in Buddhistdominated M"anmar eru&ted in #estern akhine *tatelast "ear and has s&read into the central heartlands and areas near the old ca&ital, Iangon,this "ear$
'housands o ohing"a Muslims hae led rom the countr" to esca&e the iolence and#orsening liing conditions, man" o them making their #a" b" boat or oerland toMuslimmajorit" Mala"sia$ Mala"sia;s has allo#ed them to sta" but #ithout giing themlegal status, meaning that most struggle to ind #ork or access to hos&itals and schools$
'he total number o M"anmar immigrants in Mala"sia is estimated at about 400,000$ 'he>$9$ reugee agenc" sa"s about 28,000 ohing"as are registered as reugees in Mala"sia, but grou&s re&resenting them sa" the real number o Muslim immigrants is much higherand has surged this "ear because o the iolence$
!n +&ril, Muslim and Buddhist reugees rom M"anmar clashed at a reugee cam& in!ndonesia in a riot in #hich eight &eo&le #ere killed and 1- #ere #ounded, mediare&orted$
(e&orting b" *tuart @rudgings diting b" obert Birsel)
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*an 3in, chairman o the M"anmar /ree /uneral *erices, a %uala Aum&urbased grou&,told the !rra#add" on 'hursda" that our M"anmar #orkers hae been killed b" unkno#nattackers oer the &ast 10 da"s in Mala"sia$
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e said all o them #ere attacked #ith knies but on dierent dates and &laces since Lul"1$ 'he #a" the" #ere all murdered #as similar, he added$
C!t looks like the" #ere ambushed$ 'he ourth man, #ho #as murdered "esterda", #as just like the &reious three his throat #as slashed, his hands #ere cho&&ed and hisstomach had been stabbed$
*ome sus&ect the attacks #ere related to clashes bet#een Buddhists and Muslims thatrocked Burmas secondbiggest cit" Mandala" last #eek, he said$
'he M"anmar mbass" in Mala"sia has been inormed o the recent deaths this month,as hae Mala"sian authorities$
'he embass" said in a statement that ater learing about the attack the ambassador andmilitar" attache militar" attach talked to the Mala"sian oreign ministr", interiorministr" and securit" oicials to urgentl" inestigate those murder cases and to takeaction against the &er&etrators$
'he statement added that the ambassador Curged the Mala"sian authorities to &rotectM"anmar #orkers rom such attacks$
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Malaysia killings put Myanmar
Buddhists on edgePublished 2 March 2014
M"anmar nationals and Mala"sians &rotesting the killing o ethnic ohing"a Muslims inM"anmar at the M"anmar embass" in %uala Aum&ur on /ebruar" 14$ Mid2018, at least4 M"anmar buddhists #ere killed in %uala Aum&ur, and though the Mala"sian &olice said#ere inestigating it, man" Buddhists don;t eel &rotected here$ < 'he Mala"sian !nsider &ic, 2 March, 2014$*an 3in came to Mala"sia seeking &olitical reuge, but no# lies inear o #hat he and ello# M"anmar Buddhist e6iles beliee is a &attern o killingstargeting them$
6iled M"anmar &rodemocrac" actiist, +ung @"i;s bod" #as ound in a car boot on/ebruar" 4, the ictim o a stabbing, &olice and actiists hae said$
*an 3in and other Buddhists said the killing #as one o man" and indicates a s&illoer o deadl" M"anmar communal iolence into Mala"sia, #hich has a large communit" oM"anmar migrants and reugees$
3e are er" scared$ !t;s not sae here or us, said *an 3in, head o a grou& that &roides ree unerals to need" M"anmar nationals$
Decades o animosit" bet#een Buddhists and Muslims in M"anmar;s #estern akhinestate e6&loded in bloodshed starting in 2012$
*cores #ere killed and 140,000 dis&laced, mostl" rom the ethnic ohing"a Muslimminorit", and the situation remains tense$
/ears o a s&illoer into Muslimmajorit" Mala"sia emerged in the middle o 2018 #hen
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at least our M"anmar Buddhist migrant #orkers #ere killed in Mala"sia;s ca&ital, %ualaAum&ur in sus&ected reenge attacks b" Muslims$
M"anmar Buddhists allege at least one killing has occurred &er month since then,t"&icall" stabbings, and com&lain Mala"sia;s Muslimdominated &olice orce has solednone o them$
Police hae announced no arrests in +ung @"i;s killing$
'ho will be ne<tF'
+ da" ater +ung @"i #as ound, t#o isiting M"anmar Buddhist &oliticians #eretargeted in an assassination attem&t on a bus" sho&&ing street in %uala Aum&ur, &olicehae said$
+ung @"i had earlier met the &oliticians$
Mala"sia;s &olice orce, #hich is routinel" accused b" critics o incom&etence and &roMuslim bias, sa" the" are inestigating$
%hairi +hrasa, a &olice oicial &robing the shooting, said it #as belieed to be linked to
+ung @"i;s killing, but declined urther comment$
+lthough the" hae no eidence, Buddhist communit" leaders sus&ect engeulohing"a$
!t can ha&&en an"#here, an"time$ 3ho #ill be ne6tU said M"at %o %o, another &rodemocrac" actiist #ho led to Mala"sia in 2011$
Preiousl", ohing"as and Buddhists didn;t 5uarrel #ith each other here$
*an 3in said man" Buddhists belieed the ailure b" Mala"sian authorities to sole an"killings suggests at least tacit oicial su&&ort or the iolence$
e doesn;t go out at night and rarel" goes out alone$
'he" can;t &rotect us$ 'he" neer &rotect us$ 'here are so man" cases, so man" deathsthat are neer resoled, he said$
.ohingya 'scapegoats'
Police hae not conirmed the Buddhist claim o regular attacks$ 'he" insist all crimesare thoroughl" inestigated$
+ung @"i;s death #as a er" isolated, normal murder case$ 'here is no reason to bearaid, &olice oicial %hairuldin *aad said$ But he added that &olice had e# leads$
ohing"a leaders reject suggestions their communit" #as inoled$
ohing"a #ere sca&egoats or the iolence in Mala"sia, said +bdul amid Musa +li,
&resident o the ohing"a *ociet" in Mala"sia$/or me it;s another kind o &lot (b" akhine Buddhists) to justi" another round okilling in +rakan, he said, using another term or akhine$
undreds o thousands o M"anmar migrants are estimated to be #orking in Mala"sia,man" illegall", dra#n b" its relatiel" deelo&ed econom" and menial jobs shunned b"more aluent Mala"sians$
'here are also 182,000 M"anmar as"lumseekers and reugees, the >9 reugee agenc"
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sa"s$ More than 84,000 are ohing"a$
Man" Buddhist &olitical e6iles, like +ung @"i, came during the harsh rule o the militar" junta that goerned M"anmar, ormerl" Burma, or decades but in 2010 embarked ondemocratic reorms$
'he Buddhistdominated goernment ie#s its roughl" 00,000 ohing"a as illegalimmigrants rom neighbouring Bangladesh, den"ing them citi?enshi&$
'he >9 calls the ohing"a one o the #orld;s most &ersecuted minorities$
+pillover effect
ohing"a hae trickled into Mala"sia and Bangladesh or decades, but reugee actiistssa" the akhine u&heaal has 5uickened the lo#$
+bdul amid said an estimated 80,000 ohing"a arried in Mala"sia last "ear$
'he troubles hae touched !ndonesia too$
ight M"anmar Buddhists #ere killed in a detention centre in Muslimmajorit" !ndonesia b" ohing"a in +&ril 2018$
!n Lanuar", an !ndonesian court jailed a sus&ected !slamic e6tremist oer a &lot to attackthe M"anmar embass" to aenge killings o ohing"a in akhine$
*urin Pitsu#an, ormer head o the +ssociation o *outheast +sian 9ations (+sean),#arned in 2012 ohing"a could become radicalised, destabilising the region$
Mala"sian ederal &olice chie, %halid +bu Bakar (&ic) said recentl" authorities #ereclosel" monitoring the situation$
3e do not #ant an" issues there (M"anmar) to escalate here, Mala"sian media 5uotedhim sa"ing$ < +/P, March 2, 2014$
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buddhistsonedge
)he rrawaddy= Pair of Burmese migrants
slashed to death in Malaysia G *yein *yein
)hu 18 +ep !"17 &iled under= +*+9, 9e#s
'#o more Burmese migrant #orkers in Mala"sias Penang *tate #ere murdered on*unda", bringing the number killed this "ear in the ello# *outheast +sian nation to
about 20, according to a %uala Aum&urbased migrant adocac" grou&$*an 3in, chairman o the M"anmar /ree /uneral *erice in the Mala"sian ca&ital, saidone man #as stabbed re&eatedl" in his abdomen and ribs and the other ictim had had histhroat slit$ 'heir bodies #ere ound b" &olice in an oil &alm &lantation on Monda"$
C'he" #orked in a actor" in Butter#orth to#n, in *eberang Perai in Penang, *an 3insaid$ C'he" did not arrie home on *unda", *e&tember 14, ater #ork$ 'heir riendsthought the" #ere isiting around, but the" did not sho# u& or #ork on Monda"
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morning and riends started to look or them$ 3hen the" re&orted their disa&&earance tothe Mala"sian &olice, the &olice told them about the t#o dead bodies ound in the &lantation$
'he t#o menGboth ethnic +rakaneseG#ere identiied b" their riends as %"a# 'harla, 82, rom Mrauk >, and %"a# +"e laing, 2H, rom athedaung 'o#nshi&$
*an 3in said Mala"sia &olice #ere inestigating the case, but had not "et announced an"arrests$
C'heir bodies hae been &laced at the *eberang La"a hos&ital beore cremation, he said$
Ain Maung Maung, the assistant to the secretaries o the Burmese mbass" in Mala"sia,said the embass" had been notiied o the t#o mens deaths$
9ine Burmese #ere killed and 1- others #ere injured in Mala"sia last Ma" #hen antiMuslim riots broke out in the Burmese to#ns o Meikhtila and Aashio$
*an 3in said since then, at least t#o migrants #ere ictims o grisl" murders eer"month$ !n +ugust, a Burmese man rom Prome 'o#nshi& in Pegu Diision #as slashed
to &ieces in Penang$ !n earl" Lul", our Burmese #ere killed b" unkno#n attackers inPenang$
Mala"sian online media re&orted that %"a# 'har la and %"a# +"e laing #ere theictims o Ccommunal murders bet#een the Burmese Buddhist and Muslim ohing"acommunities in Mala"sia$
Ain Maung Maung, ho#eer, cautioned against dra#ing &remature conclusions$
CBecause the murders ha&&en mostl" at night, inding the killers is hard as there are noe"e#itnesses, he said$
C+ll #e can do is remind the Mala"sian &olice to kee& inestigating$
*an 3in said the Burmese goernment should &ut &ressure on Mala"sian authorities tocrack the unsoled murder cases$
.n Monda", Brig@en %"a# San M"int, Burmas minister o home aairs, #as asked b"a &arliamentarian about goernment eorts to &rotect Burmas oerseas #orkers$
'he minister said authorities #ere C#orking on the matter, adding that Burmas &olice#ere #orking #ith their Mala"sian counter&arts on the s&ate o killings$
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Malaysia says 18 deaths could be
linked to Myanmar unrestP;+)20= 0- Dec 2014 1-4H P0)20= 0- Dec 2014 222F
+ series o gruesome killings in Penang could be linked to the sectarian iolence inM"anmar, according to Mala"sian &olice$
%>+A+ A>MP> Police hae detained 17 &eo&le rom M"anmar oer a string ogruesome murders in a &o&ular Mala"sian tourist destination, and beliee the killings arelinked to ethnic unrest in their natie countr", re&orts said /rida" (Dec -)$
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Public an6iet" has risen in Mala"sia;s historic state o Penang oer the &ast e# monthsas mutilated cor&ses or seered bod" &arts hae turned u& #ith at least 1 m"steriousand une6&lained murders o M"anmar nationals$
+uthorities had made little comment until no# but the state;s &olice chie #as 5uoted/rida" sa"ing the" no# beliee the killings are linked to iolent clashes bet#een
Muslims and Buddhists in M"anmar$
3e can tell that these are the #ork o M"anmar nationals$ 'he" bring their hatred hererom their countr" o origin, +bdul ahim anai #as 5uoted as sa"ing b" the Mala"Mail$ !t #as reenge the" brought here rom their countr"$ e said &olice #ere stillinestigating$ 'he re&ort &roided little urther detail and +/P #as not immediatel" ableto reach Penang &olice or comment$
/iteen &eo&le rom M"anmar #ere arrested earlier oer the murders, #hile t#o more#ere held late 'hursda", according to &olice$
=iolent clashes bet#een majorit" Buddhists and Muslim ohing"a #ho the >nited 9ations calls one o the most &ersecuted minorities in the #orld eru&ted in 2012 in
#estern M"anmar;s akhine state$
'he iolence has let about 200 &eo&le dead and u& to 140,000, mostl" ohing"a,dis&laced$ 3ith its relatiel" more deelo&ed econom", Mala"sia is a soughtaterdestination or M"anmar reugees and illegal migrants both Buddhists and ohing"a man" o #hom bring along their sectarian grudges$
M"anmar actiists in Mala"sia sa" do?ens o Buddhists hae been killed in reengeattacks related to the akhine iolence$ M"anmar Buddhists com&lain that authorities inMuslimmajorit" Mala"sia hae done little to sto& the attacks$
'he recent string o killings in Penang &o&ular #ith tourists or its beaches, historicca&ital o @eorgeto#n and &ol"glot cuisine has uelled concerns$ *ome o those
murdered in Penang #ere ound #ith their throats slit or heads and limbs seered$
'he Mala" Mail and other re&orts did not s&eci" #hether those killed, or detained #ereBuddhist or Muslim$ 9o urther inormation about the ictims has been oiciall"released$
undreds o thousands o M"anmar as"lumseekers and economic migrants most othem Buddhists hae made it to Mala"sia$ eugee actiists sa" the lo# is acceleratingollo#ing the akhine iolence and continued re&ression o ohing"a$
M"anmar;s goernment ie#s its roughl" 1$8 million ohing"a as oreigners, den"ingmost o them citi?enshi&$ Penang is on Mala"sia;s northern coast, along the dangerous searoute ia southern 'hailand that is taken b" ohing"a leeing M"anmar$
+/P:r#
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.evenge main motive for
Myanmar killingsBy +andeep /haurley
Published December -, 2014 020 +M
@.@ '.39, Dec - X eenge oer incidents in their homeland has beenestablished as the root cause o the series o grisl" killings inoling M"anmar nationalsin Penang as &olice arrested eight more sus&ects this #eek$
*een others #ere arrested earlier, bringing the number o those held or the s&ate omurders to 1-$ +ll those arrested #ere M"anmar nationals aged bet#een 20 and 40$
*tate &olice chie Datuk +bdul ahim anai said C3e can tell rom the #a" the ictimsdied $$$ it #as reenge the" brought here rom their countr"$
C'he assailants did not use irearms in their killings$ 'he" used machetes to cho& theirictims into &ieces$
e described the latest arrest as a Cmajor breakthrough or the orce ollo#ing thesla"ings o at least 1 M"anmar nationals in Penang since the beginning o the "ear$
C3e can tell that these (killings) are the #ork o M"anmar nationals $$$ the" bring theirhatred here rom their countr" o origin, he said$
C'he latest sus&ect #as detained in a#ang, *elangor "esterda" and a remand order has been obtained, he said, adding the other sus&ects #ere detained at arious locations inthe state$
+sked i the murders #ere linked to communal clashes in M"anmar, +bdul ahim said &olice #ere inestigating all as&ects$
Malay Mail had on Monda" 5uoted &olice sources as sa"ing communal clashes #erelinked to the saage killings o 28 M"anmar nationals in the state oer the &ast 11months$
'he main sus&ect, a man rom the +rakan district in M"anmar, #as among the seenarrested last #eek$ e admitted to killing three o his countr"men ollo#ing ethnictensions bet#een Muslims and Buddhists in M"anmar, sources reealed$
*ources said the main sus&ect claimed si6 o his amil" members #ere killed duringcommunal clashes in his home state a "ear ago$
Police later &icked u& si6 other sus&ects based on the &hone logs o the main sus&ect$
'he killings #ere committed on both the island and mainland and the ictims #ere ound#ith their throats slit, and heads and limbs cho&&ed o$
Most o the ictims #ere actor" and construction #orkers$ 'he" #ere Buddhists andkne# their assailants$
'he ictims, aged bet#een 20 and 40, #ere abducted rom their homes, murderedelse#here and their bodies dum&ed in isolated areas, including &lantations and riers$
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Malay Mail had in *e&tember highlighted the lash&oint o the iolence #as in *eberangPrai #here ohing"a Muslims rom the #estern akhine state #ere the main sus&ects inthe killings$
'o date, there hae been -1 murders in the state inoling 88 oreigners oer the &ast 11months$
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Malaysia says 18 deaths could be
linked to Myanmar unrestB" +&
Published 1228, - December 2014 K >&dated 1224, - December 2014
Police hae detained 17 &eo&le rom M"anmar oer a string o gruesome murders in a &o&ular Mala"sian tourist destination, and beliee the killings are linked to ethnic unrestin their natie countr", re&orts said /rida"$
Public an6iet" has risen in Mala"sia;s historic state o Penang oer the &ast e# monthsas mutilated cor&ses or seered bod" &arts hae turned u& #ith at least 1 m"steriousand une6&lained murders o M"anmar nationals$
+uthorities had made little comment until no# but the state;s &olice chie #as 5uoted/rida" sa"ing the" no# beliee the killings are linked to iolent clashes bet#eenMuslims and Buddhists in M"anmar$
• Mala"sian &&olice hae detained 1- &eo&le rom M"anmar oer a string ogruesome murders in Penang, a &o&ular tourist destination, and beliee thekillings are linked to ethnic unrest in their natie countr" Y*aeed %han(+/P:/ile)
• 3e can tell that these are the #ork o M"anmar nationals$ 'he" bring theirhatred here rom their countr" o origin, +bdul ahim anai #as 5uoted assa"ing b" the Mala" Mail$
• !t #as reenge the" brought here rom their countr"$
• e said &olice #ere still inestigating$ 'he re&ort &roided little urther detail andPenang &olice #ere not immediatel" reachable or comment$
• /iteen &eo&le rom M"anmar #ere arrested earlier oer the murders, #hile t#o
more #ere held late 'hursda", according to &olice$
=iolent clashes bet#een majorit" Buddhists and Muslim ohing"a #ho the >nited 9ations calls one o the most &ersecuted minorities in the #orld eru&ted in 2012 in#estern M"anmar;s akhine state$
'he iolence has let about 200 &eo&le dead and u& to 140,000, mostl" ohing"a,dis&laced$
3ith its relatiel" more deelo&ed econom", Mala"sia is a soughtater destination or
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M"anmar reugees and illegal migrants both Buddhists and ohing"a man" o #hom bring along their sectarian grudges$
M"anmar actiists in Mala"sia sa" do?ens o Buddhists hae been killed in reengeattacks related to the akhine iolence$
M"anmar Buddhists com&lain that authorities in Muslimmajorit" Mala"sia hae donelittle to sto& the attacks$
'he recent string o killings in Penang &o&ular #ith tourists or its beaches, historicca&ital o @eorgeto#n and &ol"glot cuisine has uelled concerns$
*ome o those murdered in Penang #ere ound #ith their throats slit or heads and limbsseered$
'he Mala" Mail and other re&orts did not s&eci" #hether those killed, or detained #ereBuddhist or Muslim$ 9o urther inormation about the ictims has been oiciall"released$
undreds o thousands o M"anmar as"lumseekers and economic migrants most o
them Buddhists hae made it to Mala"sia$eugee actiists sa" the lo# is accelerating ollo#ing the akhine iolence andcontinued re&ression o ohing"a$
M"anmar;s goernment ie#s its roughl" 1$8 million ohing"a as oreigners, den"ingmost o them citi?enshi&$
Penang is on Mala"sia;s northern coast, along the dangerous sea route ia southern'hailand that is taken b" ohing"a leeing M"anmar$
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Malaysia says 18 deaths could be linked to Myanmar unrest+/P Published 1F22 December -, 2014
%uala Aum&ur Police hae detained 17 &eo&le rom M"anmar oer a string o gruesomemurders in a &o&ular Mala"sian tourist destination, and beliee the killings are linked toethnic unrest in their natie countr", re&orts said on /rida"$
Public an6iet" has risen in Mala"sias historic state o Penang oer the &ast e# monthsas mutilated cor&ses or seered bod" &arts hae turned u& G #ith at least 1 m"steriousand une6&lained murders o M"anmar nationals$
+uthorities had made little comment until no# but the states &olice chie #as 5uoted on/rida" sa"ing the" no# beliee the killings are linked to iolent clashes bet#een
Muslims and Buddhists in M"anmar$
C3e can tell that these are the #ork o M"anmar nationals$ 'he" bring their hatred hererom their countr" o origin, +bdul ahim anai #as 5uoted as sa"ing b" the Mala"Mail$
C!t #as reenge the" brought here rom their countr"$
e said &olice #ere still inestigating$ 'he re&ort &roided little urther detail and Penang &olice #ere not immediatel" reachable or comment$
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/iteen &eo&le rom M"anmar #ere arrested earlier oer the murders, #hile t#o more#ere held late 'hursda", according to &olice$
=iolent clashes bet#een majorit" Buddhists and Muslim ohing"a G #ho the >nited 9ations calls one o the most &ersecuted minorities in the #orld G eru&ted in 2012 in#estern M"anmars akhine state$
'he iolence has let about 200 &eo&le dead and u& to 140,000, mostl" ohing"a,dis&laced$
3ith its relatiel" more deelo&ed econom", Mala"sia is a soughtater destination orM"anmar reugees and illegal migrants G both Buddhists and ohing"a G man" o#hom bring along their sectarian grudges$
M"anmar actiists in Mala"sia sa" do?ens o Buddhists hae been killed in reengeattacks related to the akhine iolence$
M"anmar Buddhists com&lain that authorities in Muslimmajorit" Mala"sia hae donelittle to sto& the attacks$
'he recent string o killings in Penang G &o&ular #ith tourists or its beaches, historicca&ital o @eorgeto#n and &ol"glot cuisine G has uelled concerns$
*ome o those murdered in Penang #ere ound #ith their throats slit or heads and limbsseered$
'he Mala" Mail and other re&orts did not s&eci" #hether those killed, or detained #ereBuddhist or Muslim$ 9o urther inormation about the ictims has been oiciall"released$
undreds o thousands o M"anmar as"lumseekers and economic migrants G most othem Buddhists G hae made it to Mala"sia$
eugee actiists sa" the lo# is accelerating ollo#ing the akhine iolence and
continued re&ression o ohing"a$
M"anmars goernment ie#s its roughl" 1$8 million ohing"a as oreigners, den"ingmost o them citi?enshi&$
Penang is on Mala"sias northern coast, along the dangerous sea route ia southern'hailand that is taken b" ohing"a leeing M"anmar$
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+laughterhouse found in Penang where
Myanmar nationals butchered victimsB 4;; +2@/92.*
Published - December 2014
Police orensic unit ins&ect a house at %am&ung Pisang in Bukit Mertajam, Penang,toda"$ 'he house is belieed to be linked to a series o murders inoling M"anmarnationals in recent months$ < 'he Mala"sian !nsider &ic, December -, 2014$Penang &olice
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arrested t#o more sus&ects earl" this morning in Bukit Mertajam in connection #ith thenumerous murders re&orted in the state recentl" and ound a slaughterhouse, belieedto hae been used to butcher the ictims$
*tate &olice chie Datuk +bdul ahim anai said the latest arrest o t#o men aged bet#een 80 and 40 brought the total number o &eo&le detained to 17 &eo&le, all rom
M"anmar$
e said &olice also raided t#o rented houses in %am&ung Pisang in Machang Bubuk,Bukit Mertajam under .&s %elar, an o&eration set u& about t#o #eeks ago to inestigatethe murders$
.ne o the houses #as used as a slaughterhouse$ 'he" butchered the bodies beorediscarding them at dierent locations$
'he sus&ects sta"ed in the other rented unit seeral doors a#a", he told re&orters at thescene toda"$
ahim said &olice also sei?ed three &arang (machetes) ound in the house that #ere usedto cut u& the bodies, as #ell as a car and a motorc"cle$
e said #ith the arrests, eight out o 1 murder cases inoling oreigners in Penang hae been soled$
'he cases included the discoer" o a seered head in a bag in 'aman !m&ian ia inBukit Mertajam on 9oember 24, and a &air o arms and a head ound near the MachangBubuk &olice station last Monda"$
'hro#ing bod" &arts near the &olice station is an attem&t to challenge our credibilit"$
'he &eo&le don;t hae to #orr"$ 3e #ill make sure there #ill be no harm to#ards thelocal communit"$ 3e also #arn these oreigners against taking the la# into their o#nhands, ahim said$
ahim said the motie behind the killings #as related to debts and reenge$
e said based on initial inestigation, the sus&ects, #ho #ere mostl" labourers andcontract #orkers at construction sites, kne# one another back in M"anmar$
3e beliee #ith the arrests so ar, #e #ill be able to sole all murder cases inolingoreigners soon, he added$ < December -, 2014$
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Penang police findhouse where
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Myanmar nationals
were dismemberedin revenge killings
'he *tar:+sia 9e#s 9et#ork *aturda", Dec 0F, 2014
B>%!' M'+L+M, Penang !t looks like an" ordinar" lo#cost, singlestore" house$But the little house in Machang Bubuk has a horror stor" to tell$
!t is #here M"anmar nationals #ere murdered and dismembered in brutal reengekillings$
A+'D *'.!*
• eenge behind M"anmar sla"ings
• Mala"sia sa"s 1 deaths could be linked to M"anmar unrest
• M"anmar businessman killed b" @ang 21 member in reenge
Police hae raided the house at %am&ung Pisang, in a #ooded area o the main road andhae no# sealed it o$
'he" ound bloodstains in the house, although the murderers had gien it a #ash and had
it re&ainted$'he killers had also returned the house ke" to the unsus&ecting o#ner$
Penang &olice chie *enior De&ut" Eomm Datuk 3ira +bdul ahim anai said the lastt#o murders #ere belieed to hae taken &lace at the house, #hich #as em&t"$
*DEP +bdul ahim said the murder sus&ects #ere also belieed to hae rented anotherhouse si6 doors a#a"$
'he" sta"ed there and brought their ictims to the other house #here the" killed anddismembered them$
Police hae recoered three long machetes belieed to be the #ea&ons used b" the
sus&ects, he said ater isiting the houses on /rida"$*DEP +bdul ahim said the house #here the murders #ere committed had been rented b" the sus&ects or the &ast our months$
3e are still inestigating ho# man" bodies had been cut u& in the house, he added$
e said &olice &icked u& another t#o sus&ects, in their 80s, on Penang island on'hursda" night, taking the total number o sus&ects detained oer the murders oM"anmar nationals to 17$
8/10/2019 Myanmar nationals were murdered & chopped in Malaysia
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/iteen M"anmar nationals, in their 20s to 40s, including the mastermind, hae been &icked u& oer the &ast t#o #eeks in a &olice o&eration codenamed .&s %elar, inconnection #ith the murder o their ello# countr"men$
*DEP +bdul ahim said ollo#ing the arrest o the 17, &olice beliee the" hae soledthe murder cases inoling eight o the ictims$
3e are still in the midst o arresting more sus&ects$
'he o&eration #ill ocus on 1 murder cases inoling M"anmar nationals in Penang,he said$
e added that &olice had also recoered a car #hich #as belieed to hae been used b"the sus&ects to transer the bod" &arts to other locations$
*DEP +bdul ahim said reenge #as belieed to be the motie behind the killings$
!t #as re&orted that on 9o 24, a &ackage containing a human head #as ound in ront oa restaurant at 'aman !m&ian ia, Bukit Mertajam$
.ther discoeries o human &arts such as a headless torso, a hand and a let arm had been
made recentl"$
!t #as also re&orted that there #ere -1 murders in the state this "ear, o #hich 1 ictims#ere Mala"sians and 88 oreigners$
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