Ex-MP, NGO hit out at call to deport Rohingya

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DAP’s Charles Santiago and NSI executive director Adrian Pereira say many do not understand the plight of the community.   Read More: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2024/01/03/ex-mp-ngo-hit-out-at-call-to-deport-rohingya/  Laporan Lanjut: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2024/01/03/saran-rohingya-dihantar-pulang-bekas-ahli-parlimen-bidas-ngo/  Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: http://bit.ly/2Rn6xEV Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on Twitter: http://bit.ly/2OCwH8a  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/2OKJbc6 Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3cpbWKK Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/2VUfOrv Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/3B1e8lN Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/39dBDbe ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #Rohingya #CharlesSantiago #AdrianPereira

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00:00 A former MP and a migrant rights activist slammed an NGO for citing security concerns

00:09 in demanding that Rohingya refugees be deported, saying it does not fully comprehend the plight

00:15 of the community.

00:16 Charles Santiago said the Rohingya had been displaced and massacred by their own government

00:21 in Rakhine State and were merely looking for a safe haven.

00:26 He said we should be more sympathetic to their plight as the Rohingya were like other minorities

00:30 around the world who depended on the generosity of others.

00:35 Santiago was commenting on a call by Malaysian Community Care Foundation Chairman Halim Isha

00:40 for Putrajaya to deport Rohingya refugees, following reports of a human trafficking cartel

00:46 involving Malaysians and some Rohingya.

00:48 Meanwhile, North-South Initiative Executive Director Adrian Pereira said Halim's comments

00:54 were misplaced, but added that there was a lot of misinformation about the Rohingya community

01:00 that Malaysians seemed to buy into.

01:02 Pereira, who has worked with the Rohingya community since 2011, also disputed Halim's

01:08 claims that the Rohingya were involved in human trafficking.

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