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Rohingya want killers punished

PUTRAJAYA - THE Burmese Rohingya Association in Thailand (BRAT) wants the international court to take action against those who have persecuted, raped and killed its people in Myanmar.  Its president, Maung Kyaw Nu, will also call for the setting up of an inquiry by the international media to look into the number of victims in the latest flare up between the ethnic minority and the state, as well as a plea for the United Nations to lend a hand at the Plight of Rohingya Solution  Conference  to be held in Kuala Lumpur  today . 

Even aid workers are not safe from Rohingya-Rakhine clashes

  A camp for displaced Rohingyas on the outskirts of Sittwe More than three months have passed since violent clashes erupted between Buddhist Rakhines and Rohingya Muslims in Western Myanmar. Though the humanitarian conditions among the refugees of that violence have improved in recent weeks, the mutual hatred and suspicion between the two communities persists as reports of new violence emerge.