KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) – Hundreds of Rohingya migrants from Myanmar escaped a detention centre in Malaysia yesterday after a riot broke out, with six killed on a highway as they fled, authorities said.
Many Rohingya arrive in Malaysia by boat after enduring harrowing, months-long sea journeys. Those who are caught are often sent to detention centres, which rights groups said are typically overcrowded and filthy.
A total of 528 people from the Muslim minority group fled a centre in northern Kedah state at 4.30am said the country’s immigration chief Khairul Dzaimee Daud.
More details on Thursday’s Borneo Bulletin
