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Friday, September 15, 2017

The 17 Rohingya, including a woman, in the Burmese parliament

Dhaka Tribune
Tribune Desk
September 15th, 2017

During a session of the Jatiya Sangsad, Chandpur-3 Representative Dr Dipu Moni told the attending session about the Rohingya who were elected into the Myanmar parliament.

Dr Dipu Moni was raising a motion at the parliament about the Rohingya refugee crisis when she detailed the political imbroglio the Rohingya have been a part of since the mid-20th century. She said there have been 17 Rohingya members of the Myanmar parliament till now, and two of them were women and one had been a minister.