Operation Dragon King

E779717

Operation Dragon King was a brutal 1978 military campaign by Myanmar’s armed forces targeting Rohingya Muslims in northern Rakhine State, causing widespread atrocities and mass displacement into neighboring Bangladesh.

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Label Occurrences
Operation Dragon King canonical 1
Operation King Dragon 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military operation ⓘ
aim to drive Rohingya across the border into Bangladesh ⓘ
to register and screen Rohingya population ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Operation King Dragon ⓘ
Operation Nagamin ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Rakhine State ⓘ
conflict Rohingya conflict in Myanmar ⓘ
linked to: Rohingya conflict
country Myanmar ⓘ
describedAs brutal military campaign ⓘ
ethnic cleansing campaign ⓘ
followedBy continued persecution of Rohingya in Myanmar ⓘ
hasCause Myanmar government policies toward Rohingya ⓘ
attempt to expel Rohingya from Myanmar ⓘ
hasEffect arbitrary arrests ⓘ
destruction of villages ⓘ
forced deportation ⓘ
killings of civilians ⓘ
mass displacement of Rohingya to Bangladesh ⓘ
sexual violence ⓘ
torture ⓘ
widespread human rights abuses ⓘ
historicalContext post-independence ethnic conflicts in Myanmar ⓘ
humanRightsAssessment widely condemned by human rights organizations ⓘ
implementedBy Myanmar Ministry of Defence ⓘ
Myanmar border security forces ⓘ
linked to: Border Guard Forces
languageOfName English ⓘ
location Arakan ⓘ
northern Rakhine State ⓘ
linked to: Rakhine State
opponent Rohingya civilian population ⓘ
Rohingya insurgent groups ⓘ
participant Myanmar Armed Forces ⓘ
Tatmadaw ⓘ
partOf Myanmar’s campaigns against Rohingya ⓘ
perpetrator Myanmar military ⓘ
Myanmar security forces ⓘ
region border area between Myanmar and Bangladesh ⓘ
result Rohingya refugee crisis in Bangladesh in 1978 ⓘ
flight of over 200,000 Rohingya to Bangladesh ⓘ
significantEvent 1978 Rohingya exodus to Bangladesh ⓘ
startTime 1978 ⓘ
target Rohingya Muslims ⓘ
linked to: Rohingya

Rohingya population of northern Rakhine State ⓘ
timePeriod late 1970s ⓘ
victim Rohingya civilians in northern Rakhine State ⓘ
Rohingya refugees ⓘ
linked to: Rohingya

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tatmadaw → involvedIn → Operation Dragon King ⓘ
Operation Dragon King → alsoKnownAs → Operation King Dragon ⓘ
linked to: Operation Dragon King