Dated:
Rohingya lost an Elite
Mumtaz Jamil was died of cardiac failure on
He was born on 9th
January 1947 in his ancestral home at Habi Para
(village) in Maungdaw Township of Arakan
State.He was the eldest son of Haji
Abu Jamil and Mrs. Halima Khatoon.
He received his primary education
from State Middle School of Maungdaw town and
Matriculated from State High School of Maungdaw. He
was one of the meritorious students of both schools. He obtained his Bachelor B.Sc degree from the
He joined the Bangladesh
Consulate of Sittwe (Akyab),
Arakan of Burma in 1972 as a local staff. But the
political circumstances did not give him the chance to continue his job and he
had compelled to leave the motherland in 1978 to escape the arrest of the
brutal Military Intelligence Service (MIS). Since then he had to stay in
In
The Rohingya
nation has lost a great son and an outstanding leader. He tried to be more
concerned about the welfare of the people. He was an honest man; his voice was
democratic; moderate and secular.
He was the editor of the
Newsletter of Rohingya Solidarity Organization (RSO),
the Rohingya Review, Rohigya
Tribune, published by Arakan Historical Society, and Rohingya Review, published by Burmese Rohingya
Association of Japan (BRAJ). He was also publisher of the Annual magazine of Arakan Historical Society from 2001 to 2003.
He has also relation with
National Democratic Institute, based in Washinton and
Mr. Rezali, the UN special envoy for
His death is a great lost for the
Rohingya Community. He has left a son and three
daughters, three brothers and three sisters, relatives and colleagues to mourn
his death.
We all mourn his death and share
deep grief with his wife, and with adult children. May eternal God keep his
soul rest and peace. ##
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