450 Myanmar asylum seekers reach Malaysia
By , on December 31st, 2012
<!– google_ad_section_start –> Police say about 450 asylum seekers from Myanmar have landed in Malaysia after a dangerous boat journey that left one dead. They are one of the largest groups of Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims who’ve reached Malaysia this year after leaving their violence-scarred hometowns. A police official on Malaysia’s northern Langkawi island says the asylum seekers arrived on Sunday after a roughly two-week journey on a wooden boat. One man drowned while trying to swim ashore, while the others are in police custody. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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450 Myanmar asylum seekers reach Malaysia
<!– google_ad_section_start –> Police say about 450 asylum seekers from Myanmar have landed in Malaysia after a dangerous boat journey that left one dead. They are one of the largest groups of Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims who’ve reached Malaysia this year after leaving their violence-scarred hometowns. A police official on Malaysia’s northern Langkawi island says the asylum seekers arrived on Sunday after a roughly two-week journey on a wooden boat. One man drowned while trying to swim ashore, while the others are in police custody. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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