Myanmar Nationalists React to International Pressure on Boat People Migrant Crisis | Coconuts TV

Several hundred nationalist protesters took to the streets in Yangon, Myanmar in May 2015 to voice their opposition to Muslim Rohingya migrants. Weird, wonderful and real stories from Asia, subscribe to Coconuts TV now: https://bit.ly/CoconutsTV

Several hundred nationalist protesters took to the streets in Yangon on Wednesday afternoon to voice their opposition to Muslim Rohingya migrants and the flak that Myanmar has taken from the international community for not helping them.

Monks from the right-leaning Buddhist organization 969 were in attendance. Many of the participants wore white shirts with red lettering saying “Boat People are not Myanmar” and “Stop Blaming Myanmar.”

Out of some 500 people, demonstrators were of all ages, including some children, teenagers and the elderly. There were also men and women

Read more on Coconuts Yangon: http://yangon.coconuts.co/2015/05/27/protesters-say-no-boat-people-and-rohingya-march-yangon

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