Malaysia： The Rohingya issue is a humanitarian crisis, not an internal affair of Myanmar.

　　CCTV News:On the 3rd, the Malaysian Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement in response to the previous warning from the Myanmar government not to interfere in Myanmar’s internal affairs, saying that the issue of "Rohingya" has become an international humanitarian crisis, not Myanmar’s internal affairs.

　　Malaysian Foreign Ministry: The Rohingya issue threatens national security.

　　The statement said: As a neighbor of Myanmar in ASEAN, Malaysia is very concerned about the "Rohingya" humanitarian crisis in Myanmar, because it will affect Malaysia’s security and status. It is against this background that Malaysia approved the demonstration to support the Rohingya and protest against the Myanmar government. As a responsible member of the international community, Malaysia has the obligation to ask its ASEAN partners to take active measures to prevent the incident from getting worse; As one of the founders of ASEAN, Malaysia has always strictly adhered to the principles on which ASEAN was founded.

　　The statement also said: The issue of "Rohingya" in Myanmar has already posed a threat to Malaysia’s national security. At present, as many as 56,000 Rohingyas have fled to Malaysia, and tens of thousands of Rohingyas have fled to other neighboring countries, which makes this incident no longer an internal affair of Myanmar, but an international issue. The expulsion of a single nation from Myanmar shows that this is ethnic cleansing.

　　In the statement, the Malaysian Ministry of Foreign Affairs also reminded the Myanmar government not to forget that in the "boat people crisis" in 2015, it was Malaysia that helped Myanmar tide over the difficulties in time and properly resolved the demonstrations of the "Rohingya" in Rakhine State, Myanmar. Malaysia believes that this incident is not related to religion, but a humanitarian crisis.

　　Myanmar government: non-interference in other countries’ internal affairs is the principle of ASEAN

　　On the 2nd, Myanmar Times quoted Wu Zhuotie, deputy director of Myanmar President’s Office, as saying: The principle of ASEAN is that member countries do not interfere in each other’s internal affairs, and Myanmar has always adhered to this principle. The recent demonstration in Malaysia in support of "Rohingya" was a carefully planned political decision, with the aim of gaining the support of the Malaysian public. This incident has nothing to do with the Myanmar government.

　　Malaysian Prime Minister may participate in demonstrations against the Myanmar government.

　　Ma Xinshe quoted Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Zahid as saying on November 26th: Malaysian Prime Minister Najib will join other government leaders in supporting the Rohingya people and protesting against the Myanmar government. The demonstration will be held in Malaysia on December 4th.
　　　　　　　　
　　Rakhine State in Myanmar is located in the southwest of Myanmar, bordering Bangladesh. Most of the local residents are "Rohingyas" who believe in Islam. Because the Burmese government refused to accept the Rohingya as its citizens, and there are huge religious and racial differences between the Rohingya and the Burmese, the conflicts between the two sides have been constant for a long time and the contradictions have continued to heat up. In 2012, large-scale riots occurred in some towns and villages in Rakhine State, killing hundreds of people. In November 2016, a terrorist attack occurred in Rakhine State, killing 34 people. The Myanmar government later said that most of the masterminds of the attack were "Rohingya people". (CCTV reporter Zhu Xuesong Toby Lin)