The leader of a Rohingya Muslim insurgency against Burma’s security forces said on Friday his group would keep fighting “even if a million die” unless the country’s leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, took action to protect the religious minority.

Protestors call for the arrest of local immigration chief for issuing national ID cards to 53 Rohingyas.

Assuming the reins in the absence of the Advisory Commission Chairman Kofi Annan, Ghassan Salamé addressed the Burmese government, saying the commission’s findings “necessitate urgent action.”

Locals in seven townships across Arakan State staged protests on Friday against a new radio station broadcasting in Maungdaw, Buthidaung and Rathedaung townships and providing Rohingya-language programming, which the protesters view as legitimising the Rohingya population.

Bangladesh is working with Burmese security forces to stop Rohingya Muslim militants crossing their shared border, but will continue to allow women, children and the elderly to seek shelter there, a top government official said.

The assassination of Ko Ni, a prominent Muslim lawyer and a key member of Burma’s ruling National League for Democracy, has dealt a big blow to the country’s democratisation.