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Shahidan wants UNHCR card for Myanmar nationals reviewed

Issuing of the UNHCR (United Nations High Commission for Refugees) card to Myanmar nationals needs to be reviewed, said Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Shahidan Kassim.

He said this was to ensure that the card was only issued to ethnic Rohingya refugees in this country.

"I urge that the (National) Security Council look again at the card issued by the UNHCR which should be issued to the Rohingyas (only)," he told reporters at the Parliament lobby in Kuala Lumpur today.

Shahidan said he was worried if some of the UNHCR card holders were also involved in committing atrocities against the ethnic Rohingyas in the Rakhine region of Myanmar.

He also said that the United Nations should investigate Myanmar Foreign Minister and State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi for allowing the carnage to go on in Rakhine State.

"She (Aung San Suu Kyi) should ask herself if she was qualified to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.

"I did not expect someone who supposedly fought for human rights, has allowed the killings and other atrocities to occur in her own backyard," he added.

- Bernama

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