{"id":55494,"date":"2017-09-26T19:47:17","date_gmt":"2017-09-26T23:47:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=55494"},"modified":"2017-09-26T19:47:17","modified_gmt":"2017-09-26T23:47:17","slug":"sinhala-jathika-balamuluwa-sinhala-national-force-mob-attacks-united-nations-safe-house-in-colombo-suburb-with-rohingya-muslim-refugees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=55494","title":{"rendered":"“Sinhala Jathika Balamuluwa” (Sinhala National Force) Mob Attacks United Nations Safe House in Colombo Suburb with Rohingya Muslim Refugees."},"content":{"rendered":"

Radical Buddhist monks stormed a United Nations safe house for Rohingya refugees near Sri Lanka’s capital Tuesday and forced authorities to relocate the group, officials said.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Saffron-robed Buddhist monks led a mob that broke down gates and entered the walled multi-storied compound as frightened refugees huddled together in upstair rooms, a police official said.<\/p>\n

“We have pushed back the mob and the refugees will be relocated in a safer place,” the official told AFP, asking not to be named as he was not authorised to speak to the media.<\/p>\n

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The 31 Rohingya refugees were rescued by the Sri Lankan navy in May after they were found drifting in a boat off the island’s northern waters.<\/p>\n

The Rohingya were eventually to be resettled in a third country, the official said, adding that they were authorised to remain in Sri Lanka pending the processing of their papers.<\/p>\n


\nA monk who stormed into the building was filmed by his radical Sinhale Jathika Balamuluwa (Sinhalese National Force) as he urged others to join him and smash the premises.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

“These are Rohingya terrorists who killed Buddhist monks in Myanmar,” the monk said in his live commentary on Facebook, pointing to Rohingya mothers with small children in their arms.<\/p>\n

Sri Lanka’s extremist Buddhist monks have close links with their ultra-nationalist counterparts in Myanmar. Both have been accused of orchestrating violence against minority Muslims in the two countries.<\/p>\n

The police official said the refugees were taken into “protective custody” and had been brought back to their safe house when the mob returned and started throwing stones.<\/p>\n

Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims have fled Myanmar in the face of the current wave of violence in that country.<\/p>\n

The Rohingya Muslims have been the target of decades of state-backed persecution and discrimination in mainly Buddhist Myanmar.<\/p>\n

Many view them as illegal immigrants from Bangladesh, despite their long-established roots in the country<\/p>\n

Courtesy:ECONOMYNEXT<\/em><\/p>\n

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Radical Buddhist monks stormed a United Nations safe house for Rohingya refugees near Sri Lanka’s capital Tuesday and forced authorities to relocate the group, officials said. Saffron-robed Buddhist monks led a mob that broke down gates and entered the walled multi-storied compound as frightened refugees huddled together in upstair rooms, a police official said. “We …<\/p>\n

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