250 Rohingya refugees rescued in Malaysia

Some 250 Rohingya refugees were rescued who reached the shore near Langkawi's Ritz Carlton Hotel of Malaysia by a boat in the wee hours of Sunday morning (April 5).

A nearby villager, who declined to be named, said the wooden boat arrived around 5:00am on Sunday (April 5).

The villager also alerted police and the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA).

The authorities are currently working to cordon off the refugees at the beach.

"There were about 250 of them. One hundred of them were still in the water attempting to swim to the shore.

"The rest still remained on the boat," said the villager.

He added that so far about of 100 of them had been rounded up.

The MMEA, in a WhatsApp message to the media, said the agency was still investigating the incident while declining to give further information for the time being. _The Star


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