September 9, 2017 8:01 PM

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Rohingya Muslims face systematic violence in Myanmar: Malaysian PM

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak today said Rohingya Muslims face systematic violence including torture, rape and murder in Myanmar. In the past 15 days, nearly 300,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled to neighbouring Bangladesh after raids by Rohingya militants triggered a Myanamr security forces crackdown in Rakhine state. <br/><br/>He was talking to reporters at the Subang Airforce base on the outskirts of the capital Kuala Lumpur. Describing Myanmar's inaction to halt the violence against innocent civilians as "rather disappointing", Najib said he will raise the Rohingya humanitarian tragedy with President Donald Trump on September 12 during an official visit to the White House.<br/><br/><br/>Earlier Najib witnessed the deployment of two airforce cargo planes with food and medical supplies to the port city of Chittagong in Bangladesh. Najib also said a reconnaissance team would arrive in Dhaka on Monday consisting of diplomats and military officers to identify further assistance needed by the Rohingya.

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