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UN refugee agency ‘shocked’ at Rohingya deaths in Malaysia escape

More than 500 Rohingya fled immigration detention in Malaysia on Wednesday but most were recaptured within hours [AFP]

The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) has said it is “shocked and deeply saddened” by the deaths of six Rohingya, including two children, who died on Wednesday in an escape this week from a temporary immigration detention centre in northern Malaysia.

The group was among 528 Rohingya people who fled the facility in the early hours of Wednesday morning after what authorities said was a riot.

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