Rohingya is not Myanmar's domestic issue, Malaysia gets the spillover effect: Minister
Published on: Monday, October 22, 2018
SINGAPORE: Myanmar could regard the Rohingya ethnic issue as merely a domestic problem because Malaysia also gets the spillover effect, said Defence Minister Mohamad Sabu.He said there were currently more than 100,000 Rohingya refugees in Malaysia and not all of them were registered with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNCHR)."Malaysia cannot afford to bear the burden of so many refugees," he told Bernama.
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Mohamad is here since Oct 18 on an introductory visit to the republic during which he also attended the 12th Asean Defence Ministers' Meeting (ADMM) and the fifth ADMM-Plus hosted by Singapore. During a meeting with his Myanmar counterpart, Mohamad said he expressed the need for efforts be made to allow the Rohingya refugees to be allowed to return to their homeland.Stay up-to-date by following Daily Express’s Telegram channel.
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