Myanmar jails Muslim for ‘rape attempt’, people riot

[UmarJustice]

YANGON : A court in Myanmar has jailed a Muslim teenager for seven years for the attempted rape of a Buddhist woman that triggered recent religious unrest, an official said Thursday.
Hundreds of people were left homeless after about 1,000 anti-Muslim rioters tore through villages in Kanbalu, in the northwest region of Sagaing, on August 24, torching Muslim property.
The rampage started after a mob surrounded a police station to demand the suspect be handed over after he allegedly tried to rape a 25-year-old Buddhist woman.
A township court on Wednesday sentenced 18-year-old San Min Oo to seven years in jail, a local police officer said requesting anonymity. “He was sent straight to Mandalay prison,” the officer said, adding the situation was “calm” in the area.
Some 325 Muslims are still sheltering at a school after their homes were set ablaze during the unrest, the policeman added.
Attacks against Muslims - who make up at least four per cent of the population - have exposed deep rifts in Buddhist-majority Myanmar, casting a shadow over widely praised political reforms since military rule ended in 2011.
Religious violence has left about 250 people dead and more than 140,000 homeless in Myanmar - mostly Muslims - since last year.

Myanmar jails Muslim for

 

[Tshering22]

Woah! Myanma people are taking it a little too seriously!

Al Khangress should learn from Myanmar on how to deal with the rapist.

To the OP, are you suggesting that the accused is the victim just because he's Muslim?

Do you support this man's heinous act?

 

[hussain0216]

The suggestion is Myanmar has no justice, no fair due process and have jailed this kid on little to no evidence all at the same time whilst allowing buddist extremists to burn down the homes of innocent people and kill innocent victims

 

[Shinigami]

The suggestion is Myanmar has no justice, no fair due process and have jailed this kid on little to no evidence all at the same time whilst allowing buddist extremists to burn down the homes of innocent people and kill innocent victims

carry this same attitude to support the coptic christians in egypt

 

[Yzd Khalifa]

I wonder why hadn't Al-Qaida fought in Myanmar yet.

 

[EMERCOM]

The suggestion is Myanmar has no justice, no fair due process and have jailed this kid on little to no evidence all at the same time whilst allowing buddist extremists to burn down the homes of innocent people and kill innocent victims

Seems like a description of Pakistan,Saudi Arabia,Bangladesh. Yep ,fits the description perfectly.

I wonder why hadn't Al-Qaida fought in Myanmar yet.

Al qaeda does not have the population base and if they do then the buddhist will just murder more muslims and do more ethnic cleansing.The world is fed up of muslim sunni extremism ,thus more and more such drastic acts will be seen against muslims in coming years.

 

[livingdead]

I wonder why hadn't Al-Qaida fought in Myanmar yet.

you tell us why ..

 

[EMERCOM]

you tell us why ..

Because buddhists are driving out muslims so there is no muslim base to support terrorists.

 

[livingdead]

Because buddhists are driving out muslims so there is no muslim base to support terrorists.

and is that a good thing, persecuting religious minority..

 

[Yzd Khalifa]

Al qaeda does not have the population base and if they do then the buddhist will just murder more muslims and do more ethnic cleansing.The world is fed up of muslim sunni extremism ,thus more and more such drastic acts will be seen against muslims in coming years.

I'm just asking a question, I don't want to hear big-talk bro. You guys had failed to stop Al-Qaida so why not in Mynamar

 

[EMERCOM]

and is that a good thing, persecuting religious minority..

Considering the violent tendencies of this minority , I am all for it .Either change their ways or send them out of the nation.And mainly they are illegal immigrants from Bangladesh.

 

[SarthakGanguly]

Looks like some folks care about their own safety more than moral superiority

and is that a good thing, persecuting religious minority..

 

[Yzd Khalifa]

you tell us why ..

Last year Al-Qaida had vowed to avenge for the persecution of Muslims in Myanmar, but we still haven't seen a thing yet.

My two cents.

 

[livingdead]

Looks like some folks care about their own safety more than moral superiority

nothing morally superior in not persecuting minority .. its normal thing to do.... am I missing something?

 

[EMERCOM]

I'm just asking a question, I don't want to hear big-talk bro. You guys had failed to stop Al-Qaida so why not in Mynamar

Failed .We did wipe out Al-Qaeda in Chechnya , thats why Chechnya is today part of Russia.

so why not in Mynamar

There will be no support base in Mynamar. Russia its different.We cannot employ full scale ethnic cleansing on Muslims as many muslims like ingush,dagestani,volga tatars are pro-govt.Plus a lot of muslims from syria are coming to Russia .They are also pro-russian .So no point in doing something like that. Just a few radicals and they are bottled up by Kadyrov and Putin.