Features Lead Story Refugees Rohingya
Many shops in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur are being used to send money to refugee camps in Bangladesh since a military crackdown in August prompted over 600,000 members of the Muslim minority group to flee Burma.
Foreign Affairs Human Rights Lead Story News
Malaysia’s national human rights panel on Tuesday said it was disturbed by more than 600 deaths at immigration detention centres and prisons over the last two years, and called for immediate reform.
More than 100 foreigners died in the past two years in Malaysia’s immigration detention centres from various diseases and unknown causes, according to documents from the government-funded National Human Rights Commission.
Human Trafficking Lead Story News Rohingya
A growing number of Rohingya women and girls fleeing Burma are becoming victims of human traffickers who sell them to Rohingya men as brides.
Lead Story News Rohingya Sport
Inspired by the Olympic Refugee Team, Rohingya FC was founded in January 2015 by bringing together Rohingya football enthusiasts from around Malaysia to represent their community on a single team.
Lead Story Migrants Issues News
Malaysian police detained 15 suspects after the grisly murder of five Burmese migrant workers outside the factory where they worked in Kuala Lumpur.
