Why the Rohingyas don't trust AA?

 Why the Rohingyas don't trust AA?

Must build trust between two sister communities, not in words but in practice.

Arakan Army (AA)

By Mir Siddiquee

The rebel group, Arakan Army (AA), is fighting for liberation, to get the freedom of the Arakan (Rakhine) state in which Rohingya is the second majority.

The rebel group AA has unmixed soldiers of only Rakhine Buddhists, no Rohingya Muslims in it at all.

The Rakhines and Rohingyas are those who owned a Kingdom jointly, Arakan (today's Rakhine State of Myanmar), which was lost in 1784, occupied by Burmese King Bodaw, massively killed many people of both major communities.

Note: Rakhines were called Mogs & Rohingyas were called Roinga or Mahamedin - according to historical documents.

After about 40 years, it reached under British colony in 1824. Then again when the British left, it reached Burma in 1948, even most of the Rakhine leaders were unwilling to join with Burma's maladministration, wanted a separate state, similarly Rohingya leaders too, unfortunately, the Arakan reached under Burma.

The governments of Burma has given some favor to the stakeholders of both communities used ill-motivated plans to keep fighting like cat and dong of the same house and same owner.

Since 1962, Rohingyas are under restrictions, treated as subhuman then again after 1982 eliminated from citizenship treated as slaves of its Buddhist majorities. After the 1990s the Rohingyas reached under total restrictions, even banned traveling within the state, higher education, and medical facilities. These all inhumanities were practiced by the Rakhines under the instruction of the Burmese government as they have high posts in government.

More than half million Buddhist tribes (Rakhine, Marma, Barua, Kathee, Chakma, and other Buddhist tribes) of Bangladesh have been sneaked into Rakhine state since 1962. The governments of Burma have used mostly sneaked and interloped Mogs of Bangladesh against Rohingyas, to create a concreted separation, enmity, between two sister communities.

The result, in the final stage of genocide against Rohingyas in 2017, was also jointly committed by the government security forces, Rakhine armed groups, and local Rakhine Buddhists including monks.

Fleeing Rohingya for life in 2017, a genocidal joint campaign

Therefore the Rohingyas do not believe in AA (Arakan Army) at all. The AA Chief General Twan Mrat Naing and other leaders must build trust, regardless of race, and religion between two major communities to get freedom from the common enemy.

10 Rohingyas massively killed Inndin by security forces & local Rakhines,
later informed to Reuters news agency 

Moreover, the AA must deal equally with both communities, not in words but in practice to build trust for the future. It will be a big success if joined hands both communities together, the freedom may knock the back of the fighters.

My suggestion here is "forget all, join hands together and get free from a common enemy forever."

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The author is human rights defender, can be reached here: mir120571@gmail.com, Twitter: @mir_sidiquee