Rohingya issue a regional threat, says Burma’s military chief

Rohingya Muslims represent an “unconventional threat” to the entire Southeast Asia region, according to the commander-in-chief of Burma’s armed forces, Snr-Gen Min Aung Hlaing.

Speaking at a gathering of his regional counterparts on Monday, the Burmese armed forces leader called for closer cooperation between the member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to address the problem of Rohingya migration.

The senior general raised the issue at the 13th ASEAN Chiefs of Defence Forces Informal Meeting in Vientiane, Laos, according the state-run newspaper The Global New Light of Myanmar.

At the gathering, he stressed the need to work together to combat “terrorism” related to “the ‘Bengali’ [Rohingya] issue,” the newspaper reported. (Courtesy of DVB)