Ko Ko Linn, a leader of a Rohingya refugee insurgent group, the Rohingya Solidarity Organization (RSO), has circulated an audio recording urging his followers to carry out mass killings of members of an opposing Rohingya insurgent group, the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (Arsa), located in the camps of Ukhiya.

The recording is of interest to Bangladesh’s law enforcement agencies, and concerns have been raised about the leadership of the RSO and their role in the refugee camps.

The Rohingya Solidarity Organization (RSO) is a long-dormant insurgency group that recently re-emerged, declaring that it seeks to represent and advocate for the rights of Rohingya refugees in Myanmar. However, recent events have cast a dark shadow over the leadership of the organisation’s head, Ko Ko Linn.

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On January 18th, the RSO participated in a violent operation at Zero Point refugee camp, claiming it was their “unavoidable duty” to destroy the No Man’s land settlement where their arch enemy, Arsa, had made a base. The operation resulted in the displacement of 4,500 Rohingya and multiple deaths.

A recording obtained by this journalist reveals a much more disturbing story. In the recording, Ko Ko Linn, who is based in Chittagong, can be heard ordering his followers to carry out mass killings of members of Arsa, located in the camps of Ukhiya. The recording was made after the destruction of the Zero Point camp.

In the audio clip, Ko Ko Linn orders his followers to kill members of Arsa, using violent language: “Kill them like the way you kill mosquitoes. Kill them like the way you kill insects.”

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