Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak on Saturday said Rohingya Muslims face systematic violence including torture, rape and murder in Myanmar. Predominantly Muslim Malaysia has spoken out strongly against mostly Buddhist Myanmar over its treatment of its Rohingya minority since violence erupted last October. In the past 15 days, nearly 300,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled to neighbouring Bangladesh after raids by Rohingya militants triggered a Myanamr security forces crackdown in Rakhine state. “We have to help because the Rohingya tragedy has reached terrible proportions,” he said. As of June this year, there are 59,100 Rohingya refugees registered with the UN Refugee Agency in Malaysia.

Source: Hindustan Times September 09, 2017 10:52 UTC