Thursday, July 28, 2011

Some of the major armed operations against the Rohingya people

Some of the major armed operations against the Rohingya people, orchestrated by the Burmese government since 1948 are mentioned below:

Military Operation (5th Burma Regiment) - November 1948

Burma Territorial Force (BTF) - Operation 1949-50

Military Operation (2nd Emergency Chin regiment) - March 1951-52

... Mayu Operation - October 1952-53

Mone-thone Operation - October 1954

Combined Immigration and Army Operation - January 1955

Union Military Police (UMP) Operation - 1955-58

Captain Htin Kyaw Operation – 1959

Shwe Kyi Operation - October 1966

Kyi Gan Operation - October-December 1966

Ngazinka Operation - 1967-69

Myat Mon Operation - February 1969-71

Major Aung Than Operation – 1973

Sabe Operation February - 1974-78

Naga-Min (King Dragon) Operation - February 1978-79 (resulting in exodus of some 300,000 Rohingyas to Bangladesh)

Shwe Hintha Operation - August 1978-80

Galone Operation – 1979

Pyi Thaya Operation – July 1991-92 (resulting in exodus of some 268,000 Rohingyas to Bangladesh)

Na-Sa-Ka Operation – since 1992

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