LETTER | The Myanmar Ethnic Rohingya Human Rights Organisation Malaysia (Merhrom) welcomes the move by the Malaysian government to work with Turkish government to help refugees.

We thank both governments for their continuous support for Rohingya refugees in Malaysia, Cox's Bazar and inside Myanmar. We truly appreciate the effort of both countries to support refugees.

Although some refugees came to Malaysia due to economic reason, Rohingya left our country due to continuous persecution by Myanmar government. The Rohingya faced a slow burning genocide in Myanmar for the past seven decades.

Now they are facing the last phase of genocide. We urge world leaders to come together to stop the Rohingya Genocide before they disappear completely from Myanmar.

We must learn from the Rwandan genocide. Delayed action caused thousands of innocent people to die. We must not allowed another genocide to continue in this century.

The Rwandan genocide is the worst in the world history, but Rohingya genocide could turn out to be even worse.

We hope there is still future for our generation especially in this month of Syawal.

We urge the world leaders to support the initiative to refer Myanmar to the International Criminal Court. The Myanmar government and the military officials must be held accountable for committing genocide against Rohingya.

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