2012-11-03

130 missing in Rohingya boat sinking: Bangladesh police

130 missing in Rohingya boat sinking: Bangladesh police

DHAKA: About 130 people were missing after a boat carrying Rohingya refugees who were headed for Malaysia sank off Bangladesh, according to Bangladesh police and a Rohingya advocacy group on Wednesday.Hundreds of thousands of Muslim Rohingya have fled Myanmar in past decades to escape persecution, often heading to neighbouring Bangladesh, and recent unrest has triggered another exodus. Muhammad Farhad, police inspector at Teknaf on the southeast tip of Bangladesh, told AFP that one survivor from... more

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