
Report: Over 200 Rohingya refugees land in Langkawi
A villager spotted the wooden boat and alerted the MMEA, according to a report.

A villager spotted the wooden boat and alerted the MMEA, according to a report.

CORONAVIRUS | Merhrom president says many are without cash and food.

CORONAVIRUS | Only 200 Rohingya attended full tabligh programme says Rohingya NGO Merhrom.

One NGO is spreading text messages to the community, urging those who attend a religious event on Feb 27 and March 1 to get tested for Covid-19.


The fishing trawler heading for M'sia was carrying young women who were to marry Rohingya men already in the country.

The overladen boat carrying about 130 people capsized in the Bay of Bengal while trying to reach Malaysia.

COMMENT | If Bangladesh can give refugee children access to education, Malaysia should be able to do the same.

The court's decision only dealt with Gambia's preliminary request and the final decision could take years.

The gov't-appointed panel is established to probe allegations of abuses by the Myanmar military in Rakhine state in 2017.

The Rohingya say they will not go back without guarantees of rights they are currently denied.

Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah maintains M'sia's commitment to a peaceful resolution in this long-standing humanitarian crisis.

Report says Rohingya girls are forced into the sex trade after being lured from refugee camps with promises of a better life.

Gambia has launched a case against Myanmar at the International Court of Justice, the UN’s highest court.

The sanctions target military chief Min Aung Hlaing as Aung San Suu Kyi leads Myanmar’s defence against genocide charges.

Gambia opens its case against Myanmar by drawing from witness accounts of rapes and killings recorded by UN investigators.


Gambia filed a lawsuit accusing Buddhist-majority Myanmar of genocide against its Rohingya Muslim minority.

Aung San Suu Kyi was feted the last time she was in western Europe, this time she is facing accusations of genocide.

Bangladesh says it is untrue children are not being educated, and that there are 4,000 learning centres in the refugee camps.

Gambia lodged a lawsuit at the International Court of Justice last month against Myanmar for genocide, including mass murder and rape.

Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi would travel to The Hague to fight charges accusing the country of committing genocide.

Malaysia has become home to more than 100,000 Rohingya refugees, the second-highest number in the world after Bangladesh.

COMMENT | The International Criminal Court has authorised the Prosecutor to commence investigations into crimes in Myanmar/Bangladesh against the Rohingyas.