A group of Rohingya activists have demanded that Myanmar’s ambassador to Malaysia as well as the embassy’s staff leave the country immediately due to the boat people crisis, according to a report from the Malaysian Insider, on 21 May.
The group, called Community Action for the Rohingya, demonstrated outside the Myanmar Embassy at Jalan Ampang Hilir, Kuala Lumpur.
One of the group's members, Zakaria Rahim, said they wanted the Myanmar government to stop discriminating against Rohingyas, who have been denied citizenship and were thus stateless.
They also want Myanmar nationals, working in Malaysia, to leave and said that the Malaysian government should revoke their working permits as a form of protest.
The group’s efforts to meet the Myanmar ambassador to Kuala Lumpur U Tha Aung Nyun failed, as they were not allowed into the compound. They also did not manage to hand over a memorandum containing their demands.
Rohingya activists demand Myanmar Ambassador leave Malaysia
22 May 2015
Rohingya activists demand Myanmar Ambassador leave Malaysia