Dozens more Rohingya refugees arrive by boat in western Indonesia
JAKARTA, Dec 1 — Over 110 Rohingya refugees came ashore in Indonesia’s Aceh province yesterday after their boat nearly sank, officials from the United Nations...
Fake UNHCR card: Myanmar man gets five-year jail sentence, RM30,000 fine
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 18 — A Myanmar man was sentenced to five years in jail and a RM30,000 fine by the Sessions Court today for...
Indonesia uncovers Aceh human smuggling network involving Rohingya
JAKARTA, Oct 29 — The Indonesian authorities have crushed an organised human smuggling network in South Aceh that was involved in the illegal transportation of...
Malaysia yet to ratify UNCAT as amendments to existing laws needed — Minister
KUALA LUMPUR, July 1 — The Home Affairs Ministry (KDN) has clarified that Malaysia has not ratified the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman,...
UN refugee agency says record 117 million people forcibly displaced in 2023
GENEVA, June 13 — The United Nations refugee agency on Thursday said the number of people forcibly displaced stood at a record 117.3 million as...
Agreement to share refugees’ data with UNHCR in final stage
PUTRAJAYA, April 4 — The Home Ministry (KDN) is currently in the final phase of reaching an agreement to share data on refugees with the...
Deposit collection among steps taken to address foreign patients’ arrears
KUALA LUMPUR, March 14 — The Health Ministry (MOH) has several measures in place to address the risk of medical bill arrears from foreign patients,...
Police looking for suspects in woman set alight incident
KUALA LUMPUR, March 13 — The police are tracking two foreign men who allegedly poured petrol onto a foreign woman and set her alight in...
Over 130 Rohingya arrive in Indonesia’s Aceh
JAKARTA, Feb 1 — Over 130 Rohingya landed on the shores of Indonesia’s Aceh province on Thursday, an official at the United Nations’ refugee agency...
Rohingya face rejection in Indonesia after surge of boat arrivals
PIDIE, Dec 12 — Myanmar’s Rohingya face a wave of hostility and rejection in Indonesia, where regional communities say they are fed up with a...
Syrian man pleads not guilty to setting hotel room alight
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 10 — An unemployed Syrian man pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court today to committing mischief by setting fire to a...
Immigration busts forgery syndicate, arrest two foreign masterminds
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 4 — The Immigration Department busted a syndicate involved in forging documents, including passports, and arrested two African masterminds in a special...