Rohingya activists demand Myanmar Ambassador leave Malaysia

22 May 2015
Rohingya activists demand Myanmar Ambassador leave Malaysia
Rohingya protesters stage a demonstration outside the Myanmar Embassy to demand an end to discrimination against the Rohingya minority group in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 21 May 2015. Community Action for Rohingya called for Myanmar's ambassador to Malaysia and embassy staff to leave the country over the migrant crisis. Meanwhile, Malaysia ordered its navy to conduct search-and-rescue operations to recover Rohingya migrant boats and bring them ashore. EPA/FAZRY ISMAIL

A group of Rohingya activists have demanded that Myanmar’s ambassador to Malaysia as well as the embassy’s staff leave the country immediately due to the boat people crisis, according to a report from the Malaysian Insider, on 21 May.
The group, called Community Action for the Rohingya, demonstrated outside the Myanmar Embassy at Jalan Ampang Hilir, Kuala Lumpur.
One of the group's members, Zakaria Rahim, said they wanted the Myanmar government to stop discriminating against Rohingyas, who have been denied citizenship and were thus stateless.
They also want Myanmar nationals, working in Malaysia, to leave and said that the Malaysian government should revoke their working permits as a form of protest.
The group’s efforts to meet the Myanmar ambassador to Kuala Lumpur U Tha Aung Nyun failed, as they were not allowed into the compound. They also did not manage to hand over a memorandum containing their demands.