Rohingyas: Not less than 17 lifeless as boat carrying Rohingyas sinks in Bay of Bengal

Not less than 17 Rohingyas have been killed and 30 stay lacking after a ship capsized in dangerous climate within the Bay of Bengal earlier this week, support employees in Myanmar mentioned.

Volunteers mentioned eight folks have been rescued from the boat, which was headed for Malaysia, a coveted vacation spot for 1000’s of Rohingya Muslims fleeing persecution and poverty in Myanmar and Bangladesh.
It was unclear from the place the boat had set off.

“We discovered lifeless our bodies ranging from August 7,” mentioned Min Htal Wah, chairperson of Shwe Yaung Metta Basis, a rescue organisation based mostly within the coastal Rakhine area of Myanmar.
“Inside three days, we discovered 17 lifeless our bodies…We discovered some folks alive,” he mentioned, including 10 ladies have been among the many lifeless.
A Rohingya support employee in Maungdaw township on the border with Bangladesh mentioned the boat had departed in dangerous climate and that about 500 others have been nonetheless hoping to cross to Malaysia.
Practically 1 million Rohingya stay in crowded situations in Bangladesh, amongst them those that fled a lethal crackdown in 2017 by Myanmar’s army, which denies committing crimes towards humanity.
An untold variety of them have died at sea from illness, starvation and fatigue as they try to succeed in Muslim-majority Malaysia and Indonesia in rickety boats.