500 anti-Rohingya activists hold illegal protest in Yangon

“We do not want illegal Bengalis to be called any other names,” chanted around 500 people who held a protest on 10 July at Bahan Township, Yangon.

They gathered to protest the government’s use of the term ‘Muslim community in Rakhine State’ and marched from Kyaythoon Pagoda in Bahan Township to Tamwe Township.

“We oppose the government’s decision to make a sweeping statement and use the term ‘Muslim Community in Rakhine State’ for the Bengalis. We are against the use of such a term. Rakhine will be called Rakhine; Bengali is Bengali. The truth should not be circumvented,” said Naung Taw Lay, one of the protest leaders. (Courtesy of elevenmyanmar.com)