Saudi Arabia King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, also the Custodian of the two Holy Mosques, has ordered the allocation of $15 million for the Rohingya Muslims, who fled persecution in Myanmar’s Rakhine state. Dr Abdullah Al-Rabeeah, adviser at the Royal Court and general supervisor of the King Salman Centre for Relief and Humanitarian Work, issued a statement making the disclosure, reports Saudi Gazette. He made the remarks following his meeting with members of the National Council on US-Arab Relations and the Cooperation Committee for partnership between the US and Gulf Cooperation Council at the headquarters of the US House of Representatives in Washington. More than 400,000 Rohingya have arrived in Bangladesh since August 25 after Myanmar army launched a brutal campaign targeting Rohingya villages following insurgents attacked police posts and an army base. The army crackdown has drawn global condemnation and has been dubbed “textbook example of ethnic cleansing” by UN’s human rights chief.

Source: Dhaka Tribune September 20, 2017 05:48 UTC