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'We need to realise that we are created equal.'

LETTER | 'Withdrawing from Myanmar would ultimately weaken Malaysia’s ability to influence the regime on the Rohingya issue.'

'Many refugees told us accounts of seeing their villages burned, relatives killed in front of them.'

Petronas urged to halt its investments in Myanmar as protest against violence faced by Rohingya Muslims.

Aung Sang Suu Kyi insists the issues facing Myanmar and Bangladesh can only be resolved bilaterally.

PM says initial location of the hospital about 10 to 15 minutes away from nearest refugee camp.

The Myanmar de facto leader urges people to live peacefully and says the government is there to help. 

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Over half of new arrivals are living in the Kutupalong Expansion Site.

Female refugees, some as young as 14, are turning to the flesh trade to survive. 

Unicef says desperate living conditions and water-borne diseases threatening more than 320,000 Rohingya children.

'Help them rise over their dire socio-economic state,' says Foreign Minister Anifah Aman. 

Ministry is waiting for suggestions on where to set up the RM3.5 million field hospital.

Instead, Malaysia only wishes to aid in the worsening humanitarian crisis, clarifies Zahid Hamidi.

This follows Ahmad Zahid Hamidi's visit to a refugee camp in Bangladesh.

DPM will make a stop in port estimated to be holding over 500,000 refugees from Myanmar.

Myanmar security forces are also going all out to prevent the return of the Rohingya to northern Rakhine, it adds. 

Twelve bodies – 10 of them children – have been recovered, Bangladeshi police say.

MALAYSIANSKINI | Tengku Emma Zuriana explains why she set up a foundation to help Rohingya refugees go to school.

'We are deeply concerned that the Rohingya continue to be denied citizenship despite living on their ancestral land.'

The commander of a border enforcement authority says it's a crackdown on human trafficking and drug smuggling. 

'No ethnic cleansing and no genocide in Myanmar,' says Myanmar official Thaung Tun. 

13 bodies recovered, says IOM Bangladesh.   

'Ashin Wirathu is the central figure responsible for stoking hatred against the Muslims in Myanmar.'