Malaysian actress Michelle Yeoh holds a Rohingya refugee child during her visit to the Malaysia field hospital at Kutupalong refugee camp near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, on Saturday. (AP photo)COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh: Hollywood star Michelle Yeoh says she's appalled by the plight of the hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims who have fled violence in Myanmar into Bangladesh. "It is very important that we're here, because what the Rohingya people are going through is despicable and it's very, very tragic. Suu Kyi has faced widespread international criticism for not speaking out in defense of the Rohingya. Former New Mexico governor Bill Richardson resigned from an advisory panel on the crisis this past week, calling it a "whitewash and a cheerleading operation'' for Suu Kyi.

Source: Bangkok Post January 28, 2018 02:03 UTC