Muslim-majority Malaysia's Cabinet also issued a statement condemning the violence, an unusually strong criticism against a fellow member of the 10-country Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean). "Malaysia... calls on the government of Myanmar to take all necessary actions to address the alleged ethnic cleansing," the statement said. Rohingya are denied citizenship and subject to harsh restrictions in Buddhist-majority Myanmar, where many view them as illegal immigrants from neighbouring Bangladesh, though many have lived been in Myanmar for generations. In Jakarta, around 200 demonstrators from Indonesian Islamic organisations protested outside Myanmar's embassy. "If they (Myanmar) don't want them, then it's probably better to send them to another country.

Source: The Nation Bangkok November 25, 2016 10:01 UTC