A top Saudi relief official called Thursday for Myanmar to take back Rohingya refugees and let them live in peace. Dr Abdullah al-Rabeeah, former health minister and now leading the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre, said major global powers need to press Myanmar to stop its violent expulsion of the Muslim ethnic minority into Bangladesh. Also Read- Rohingya crisis: Relief from Saudi King to reach FridayThe aid is going mostly into Bangladesh but also through Indonesia and Malaysia, he said. “We are working heavily to help the refugees in Bangladesh,” he said. Bangladesh said earlier Thursday that it had treated more than 2,350 Rohingya refugees injured as they fledMyanmar, including bullet and machete wounds and trauma from landmines.

Source: Dhaka Tribune September 21, 2017 17:15 UTC