Rohingya Citizenship issue matter of domestic law of 1982

The Myanmar Army Chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing has said that the issue of the citizenship of Rohingya’s is solely a matter of domestic law.

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He said that the citizenship process in Myanmar is subject to the 1982 citizenship law which identifies only 135 indigenous ethnic groups and Bengalis or Rohingya are not among these.

He further said that Myanmar does not object to the Rohingya living inside the Myanmar territory. However, the issue of citizenship, definition of indigenous people and their rights are matters of domestic law.

Refusing to accept international intervention, he said Myanmar is proceeding according to its own domestic law on this issue.