Why cant Rohingyans have more than two children

Malaysia is home to at least 30 thousand Rohingya refugees who have fled persecution in Myanmar. Some have been here for decades. Others have arrived recently in the wake of the attacks against Muslims by the Buddhists majority in the Rakhine state over the past year.

And now the latest source of concern for the Rohingya is the Myanmar government's move to ban them from having more than two children per family. The refugees say that it's not just the government that has stood idly by while they are persecuted.

Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been criticized for failing to condemn the human rights violations against the Rohingya and other Muslim communities in Myanmar. But she has just come out to condemn the enforcement of the two child policy which discriminates against the Rohingya.

The two-child policy dates back to 1994, but it's only now that the Myanmar government has said it's going to enforce it.