Burma security forces extort refugees

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Burma security forces extort refugees

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http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/n ... ya-muslims
Burma’s state security forces are profiting directly from the trafficking of stateless Rohingya Muslims, with authorities earning up to $7,000 per boatload in exchange for passage to sea, a human rights group has found.

Police, navy and army officials have been working directly with transnational crime syndicates by escorting boats out to international waters, providing rations or extorting bribes from passengers, many of whom are forced to hand over cash or jewellery as payment, according to Fortify Rights, a Bangkok-based group which conducts independent monitoring of rights violations.

“Not only are the authorities making life so intolerable for Rohingya that they’re forced to flee, but they’re also profiting from the exodus,” said the group’s executive director Matthew Smith. “This is a regional crisis that’s worsening while Myanmar [Burmese] authorities are treating it like a perverse payday.”


When in doubt, pick on the poorest most miserable people you can find...I guess that since they are stateless, technically they don't even exist, so basically anything goes. Don't the Burmese believe in karma ? :whip:
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