{"id":7430,"date":"2026-08-25T07:21:25","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T07:21:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/?p=7430"},"modified":"2026-08-25T07:21:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T07:21:27","slug":"rohingyas-were-denied-citizenship-by-using-the-ne-wins-apartheid-style-1982-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/2026\/08\/25\/rohingyas-were-denied-citizenship-by-using-the-ne-wins-apartheid-style-1982-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Rohingyas Were Denied Citizenship By Using The Ne Win\u2019s Apartheid-style 1982 Law"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Here\u2019s a polished English translation of the post, with context and fact-checking added. It highlights the Rohingya citizenship struggle and the contradictions in Myanmar\u2019s legal framework.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Translation &amp; Edited Version<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Credit: Original post by <em>Ko Armat from Meiktila<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Rohingya man, holding his official <strong>National Registration Card (NRC)<\/strong> issued decades ago, asked why he was required to apply for a new <strong>NVC (National Verification Card)<\/strong> and reapply for citizenship when he already possessed a valid NRC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In response, <strong>Win Myat Aye<\/strong>, a former minister, dismissively claimed that the NRC was no longer valid because it had been issued during the dictatorship of <strong>General Ne Win<\/strong>. A photo shows Win Myat Aye awkwardly trying to justify this stance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Rohingya man then posed a sharp counter-question:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf the NRC issued by Ne Win is invalid, then why is Ne Win\u2019s <strong>1982 Citizenship Law<\/strong> still considered valid today?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This question reportedly left Win Myat Aye speechless, unable to provide a coherent answer. The moment was captured in a widely circulated photograph, showing him visibly cornered by the Rohingya man\u2019s logic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fact-Checking &amp; Historical Context<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>National Registration Cards (NRCs):<\/strong> Introduced in the 1950s, NRCs were official proof of citizenship in Burma\/Myanmar. Rohingya families held these cards for decades until the military began confiscating them in the late 1970s.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>1982 Citizenship Law:<\/strong> Enacted by General Ne Win on <strong>15 October 1982<\/strong>, this law divided citizens into three tiers: <em>full<\/em>, <em>associate<\/em>, and <em>naturalised<\/em>. It tied full citizenship to membership in one of 135 \u201cnational races\u201d said to have settled before 1823. The Rohingya were deliberately excluded, rendering them stateless.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Contradiction Highlighted:<\/strong> Win Myat Aye\u2019s claim that NRCs are invalid because they were issued under Ne Win contradicts the fact that the <strong>1982 law from the same regime remains enforced<\/strong>. This exposes the selective use of Ne Win\u2019s legacy to disenfranchise Rohingya while upholding discriminatory laws.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why This Matters<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Rohingya man\u2019s question underscores the <strong>legal hypocrisy<\/strong>: Myanmar authorities dismiss Rohingya citizenship documents as \u201cinvalid\u201d while continuing to enforce Ne Win\u2019s apartheid-style law.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>This contradiction reveals the <strong>systematic exclusion<\/strong> of Rohingya from citizenship, despite their documented presence in Rakhine for centuries.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The exchange with Win Myat Aye illustrates how Rohingya voices challenge official narratives, even when met with silence or evasion.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Suggested References for MMNN Article<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>1982 Citizenship Law \u2014 Rohingya History<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ne 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It highlights the Rohingya citizenship struggle and the contradictions in Myanmar\u2019s legal framework. Translation &amp; Edited Version Credit: Original post by Ko Armat from Meiktila A Rohingya man, holding his official National Registration Card (NRC) issued decades ago, asked why he was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7431,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,6,133,127,1,130,11,10,123],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles","category-history","category-human-rights-constitution-federal-democracy-social-nets-minority-rights","category-islam-hope-allah-swt","category-local-news","category-motivation","category-myanmar-muslims-history","category-news","category-story"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7430"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7430\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7432,"href":"https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7430\/revisions\/7432"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}