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The photo, published in the local ‘Tomorrow News Journal,’ shows several women and men sitting barefoot on the grounds of a courtroom.
Myanmar police occasionally arrest Rohingya Muslim minorities on charges of “illegal travel”.
Local police official Thin Maung Luin confirmed the arrest but declined to comment further.
“The investigation is still ongoing,” he said. 98 to 99 people have been arrested. They will be sent to the quarantine center to prevent the spread of the Kovid-19 epidemic ”.
In 2016, when the military operation began in the name of the crackdown on terrorism in the Rohingya-inhabited state of Rakhine in western Myanmar, around seven and a half lakhs of Rohingya fled and took refuge in neighboring Bangladesh.
About six lakhs of Rohingya still live in Myanmar. Amnesty International believes that those there are victims of extreme “racism”.
Most of these Rohingyas live in captivity in camps or in villages. They cannot even freely travel abroad for medical or educational purposes.
The Myanmar government has refused to grant citizenship to the Rohingya. Instead, they are considered illegal refugees from neighboring Bangladesh. But many of the Rohingya’s ancestors have lived in Myanmar for hundreds of years.
In recent years, the Myanmar police have detained hundreds of Rohingya or sent them to youth prisons for allegedly fleeing Rakhine State. Most of these Rohingya fled and tried to move to Thailand or Malaysia.
The Myanmar government wants to give the Rohingya a “national verification card” instead of citizenship. But most Rohingya are unwilling to accept it. They complained that if they accept the ‘National Verification Card’, they will be considered as foreigners in their own country.
The Myanmar government says it is working on a national policy to close Rohingya camps. If the Rohingya agree to take the ‘National Verification Card’, there will be no further restrictions on traveling within the country.
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