"I do not know because when you talk
about the Rohingya, we are not quite sure who you are talking about. As
…I said there is a problem about who we are referring to.”
(Chairperson Daw Aung San Suu Kyi of
National League for Democracy Party responded to the question whether
the Rohingyas should be regarded as Myanmar nationals).
In accordance to the above-mentioned
answer of Auntie Suu, we need to simplify first ‘Who are the Rohingyas?’
Despite it is a highly controversial topic, it is undeniable that the
word ‘Rohingya’ appeared in the country in the 1950s. It should be
reconsidered that if a certain race had inhabited in the country aeons
ago, then why were they recognized only in the 1950s?