{"id":14044,"date":"2020-04-16T13:02:49","date_gmt":"2020-04-16T08:02:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/?p=14044"},"modified":"2020-04-16T13:02:49","modified_gmt":"2020-04-16T08:02:49","slug":"around-2-months-over-300-rohingya-sail-in-bay-of-bengal-were-rescued-off-southern-bangladesh-coxs-bazar-trying-to-reach-malaysia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/archives\/14044","title":{"rendered":"Around 2 months over 300 Rohingya sail in Bay of Bengal were rescued off southern Bangladesh Coxs Bazar trying to reach Malaysia\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin-top: 0in; background: white;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI','sans-serif'; color: #212529;\">More than 300 members of the oppressed Rohingya ethnic group who tried to flee to Malaysia through the risky sea route were rescued off southern Bangladesh Wednesday night, according to Anadolu news agency report.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0in; background: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI','sans-serif'; color: #212529;\">\u201cAt around 9 p.m. [0300GMT] members of Bangladesh\u2019s Coast Guard found the Rohingya at Tekhnaf, Cox\u2019s Bazar\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0in; background: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI','sans-serif'; color: #212529;\">Citing Lt. Commander M Sohel Rana, a Tekhnaf Coast Guard official, the report said more than 300 Rohingya started the journey to Malaysia on a big-engine trawler, but turned back after they failed to reach Malaysia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0in; background: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI','sans-serif'; color: #212529;\">\u201cMost of the detained are women and children,\u201d Mohammad Saiful Islam, a local leader, told the media, the report added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0in; background: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI','sans-serif'; color: #212529;\">Mohammad Zobaer, one of the group from a refugee camp, was quoted as saying 482 Rohingya started the journey two months ago through the Bay of Bengal, but Malaysian security kept them from their destination.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0in; background: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI','sans-serif'; color: #212529;\">He added that 28 people died en route, leaving 342.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0in; background: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI','sans-serif'; color: #212529;\">Some one million Rohingya live in refugee camps in southern Bangladesh, having fled a campaign of ethnic cleansing and terror in neighboring Myanmar in 2017. They have been called the world\u2019s most persecuted people.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than 300 members of the oppressed Rohingya ethnic group who tried to flee to Malaysia through the risky sea route were rescued off southern Bangladesh Wednesday night, according to Anadolu news agency report. \u201cAt around 9 p.m. [0300GMT] members of Bangladesh\u2019s Coast Guard found the Rohingya at Tekhnaf, Cox\u2019s Bazar\u201d. Citing Lt. 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