Staff Correspondent

The assassination of Rohingya leader Muhib Ullah is an isolated incident, and it should not be an issue in the efforts to repatriate the Rohingya refugees, former diplomats and civil society members told a webinar yesterday.

The discussion titled “The Challenges of Rohingya Repatriation” was organised by Study Group on Regional Affairs.

Former foreign secretary Touhid Hossain said, “We have made almost no progress in the repatriation process. No one can say the killing of Muhib Ullah would affect the procedure.”

He then said criminals may take over the refugee camps if proper leadership is not there. “And in many cases, the control is in their [criminals’] hands already.”

Director of the Centre for Genocide Studies at Dhaka University Prof Dr Imtiaz Ahmed said the international community should convince China, Japan and India to restrict their businesses in Myanmar.