Chin refugee communities are worried
that at least two Chin refugees who have been reported 'missing' in
Malaysia for weeks might be dead.
A 10-year-old boy named Thang Tung
Mang, who is waiting for his UNHCR refugee registration card, remains
missing while another refugee called Do Khan Dal, 32, has disappeared
since 27 April 2012.
"We have made as much effort as
possible to find out about them. But we haven't got any update
whatsoever until today. We are still trying our best," said one of the
Chin community leaders in Malaysia.
A 'missing person' advert has been
distributed online and placed several times on the newsletter published
by ACR (Alliance of Chin Refugees), a community-based umbrella
organization tasked with providing social services to refugees in
Malaysia.
A letter sent to the UNHCR, ICRC (Red
Cross) and Malaysian authorities indicated that Mr. Do Khan Dal,
originally from Mualbem village, Tedim Township of Chin State, Burma,
did not come home from his work at a restaurant in Cheras of Kuala
Lumpur.
Mr. Khai Boih, of Mualbem village, said he was still talking with Mr. Do Khan Dal on 26 April 2012.
"Over the past few months, we had
different situation where Chin refugees were kidnapped by some sorts of
gang groups, who demanded a ransom in exchange," a Chin community leader
told Chinland Guardian.
Late last month, 40 Chin refugees
including children, held in an abandoned warehouse near the Thai-Malay
border by members of human trafficking, were rescued by Malaysian
police. Source: Chinland Guardian
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