Will bring Mohibullah’s killers to justice: FM Momen
Mohibullah, 46, who led the Arakan Rohingya Society for Peace and Human Rights, was gunned at a Kutupalong camp office in Cox's Bazar on Wednesday
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Saturday vowed to bring the killers of prominent Rohingya leader Mohibullah to justice soon.
The minister, in a statement, said, "Mohibullah wanted to return to his homeland, Myanmar, and that's why he was killed by a vested quarter.
"The government will take strict action against those involved in the killing. No one will be spared."
Keep updated, follow The Business Standard's Google news channel
On Thursday, police registered a murder case in connection with the killing.
Mohibullah's younger brother Habibullah filed the case with Ukhia Police Station on Thursday night against 15-20 unknown assailants,
A Rohingya youth, named Selim Ullah alias Lomba Selim, was nabbed by the Armed Police Battalion (APBn) on Friday for his alleged connection in the assassination.
Mohibullah, 46, who led the Arakan Rohingya Society for Peace and Human Rights, was shot dead at around 8:30pm at a Kutupalong camp office in Cox's Bazar on Wednesday.
The outspoken Rohingya leader came to the limelight on 25 August 2019 when a rally organised by the Arakan Rohingya Society, to observe two years of the latest Rohingya exodus from the Rakhine State of Myanmar, drew more than 100,000 people.
He had represented the Rohingya community at the United Nations Human Rights Council in 2019.
He also served as a spokesman representing the Muslim ethnic group in international meetings and conferences.
He, in the same year, visited the White House for a meeting on religious freedom with then-president Donald Trump and spoke about the suffering and persecution faced by Rohingyas in Myanmar.
In his remarks to the UN rights council, Mohibullah said the Rohingya had faced "systematic genocide" in Myanmar, where the government denies them citizenship.
