SNAPSHOT | Myanmar has agreed to 'take back' 5k Rohingya refugees: Anwar

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Rohingya refugees 

• Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim today revealed that bilateral negotiations with Myanmar have led to an agreement for the Junta-led government to “take back” 5,000 Rohingya refugees now in Malaysia.

  Free Malaysia Today reported Anwar said this was an initial step towards addressing the Rohingya refugee issue, and would also help preserve public order in Malaysia.

  “People say ‘send them back, send them back’. Send them back to where? Myanmar didn’t want to take them,” he reportedly said at an afternoon tea event in Simpang Durian, Jelebu, Negeri Sembilan today.

  “That’s why good relations with Myanmar matter. Now they’ve agreed to take 5,000 people first,” he said.

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