KUALA LUMPUR:  It would be better for Myanmar to be excluded from Asean as genocide is unacceptable, says Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.

The former prime minister urged Asean as well as the United Nations to take action against Myanmar.

"Countries like this only give a bad name to us. So, if you want to commit genocide, leave Asean," he said.

"Myanmar has not responded to requests to be more humane, instead they continue merciless killing of people, and this should not be the case," he said while delivering his keynote speech at the International Conference themed 'Plight of the Rohingya,  crime against humanity'.

He added that the United Nations should be asked to do something about it.

"Although they are not capable of doing anything, we need to push for it. I even wrote a letter to Aung Sang Suu Kyi on this matter, but there has been no response, so the fate of the people there needs to be defended from the outside," he said.

While emphasising that the boat people situation would not have existed if not for Myanmar, Dr Mahathir added that the 'no interference' policy has limitations which have now been breached by Myanmar.

"If it is a matter of political matters, then yes, it is acceptable, but there should be a limit to what constitutes non-interference.

" Although it is internal, the killing of people should not be tolerated, they should not have the right to treat people that way," he said, adding that Malaysia just stood by and did nothing when two million people were killed in Cambodia.

"These people have been a part of the country for 800 years,"  said Dr Mahathir, adding that the law prohibits countries from expelling people.

He added that he had a lot of respect for Buddhism because it preached peace.

"But here, these peace-loving people are perpetrating horrible atrocities. They burn homes and kill people.

"They are committing something that is prohibited by their religion or any religion for that matter," he said.

Currently on 8 June 2015 in Rathidaung village 2 Rohingya men who have Killed near in a village of Mogh ( rakhine ) area , by some members of racist and terrorist 969 group and thrown in the forest ! No security and no justice for Rohingya community by racist and Nazi Burmese criminal military regime !

Rohingya in Chicago, IL USA. WE ARE REMEMBER 10 JUNE 2012 😭😭

All Pakistan Muslim League (APML) Chief and former president, Pervez Musharraf, has said that it is unfortunate that the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) has become functionless and has failed completely in protecting the rights of Muslims being victimised across the globe.

In an interview on Sunday, Pervez Musharraf said that the massacre of Burmese Rohingya Muslims is condemnable but international human rights champions are playing the role of a silent spectator over their plight.

He warned that if the injustice against Muslims continued, it will result in an imbalance of power, which could be a serious threat to global peace.

Responding to a question, Musharraf said that Pakistan is capable of responding to Indian threats as it proved during the Kargil war. He said that India blames Pakistan but it itself was engaged in stopping water of Pakistan’s rivers by illegally constructing dams, which could not be ignored.

He urged those responsible to respond to the Indian allegations and threats through diplomatic channels. Resolution of Kashmir and others issues with India are in the national interest and the government of Pakistan should not prefer trade with India over these issues, the APML chief added.

Musharraf said that during his rule the country was financially strong as it refused to accept aid from World Bank (WB) and International Monetary Fund (IMF) but now Pakistan is facing a serious economic crunch, which has weakened the position of the country in the international community.

To a question regarding lawlessness in Karachi, he said that the presence of political, religious extremists in the metropolis was the root cause of the disturbance in peace.

The APML chief claimed that during his era the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) recovered Rs 320 billion and helped poor masses to get their looted money back.