BUDDHA WOULD HAVE HELPED ROHINGYAS: DALAI LAMA
NEW DELHI: The Dalai Lama has urged Aun gS anSuuKyi to find a peaceful solution to the crisis in Myanmar and expressed concerns about violence that has led around 300,000 Muslim Rohingya to flee the Buddhistmajority country.
“I appeal to you and your fellow leaders to reach out to all sections of society to try to restore friendly relations throughout the population in a spirit of peace and reconciliation,” the top Buddhist leader said in a letter to Myanmar’s de-facto leader seen by AFP. The Dalai Lama said on Sunday Lord Buddha “would have definitely helped the Rohingyas” and he felt “very sad” about the violence.
“Those people..you see..sort of harassing some Muslims..Then they should remember, Buddha, in such circumstances, would have definitely helped those poor Muslims,” DalaiLamasaid.
“So still, I feel that..So very sad..very sad,” he added.
313,000 ROHINGYAS FLEE MYANMAR
At least 313,000 Rohingya refugees have fled Myanmar in the past two weeks and sought shelter in Bangladesh, a Inter Sector Coordination Group (ISCG) report released on Monday stated.
At least 400,000 hungry and traumatised refugees have sought refuge in Bangladesh since October 2016. The exodus has put pressure on aid agencies and communities, which were already helping hundreds of thousands of refugees from previous violent episodes in Myanmar. The influx on Sunday was observed to be lower compared with other days. AGENCIES