Search for 2,000 Rohingya for Covid-19 checks in Malaysia

The 2,000 Rohingya men are said to have attended the religious gathering which saw a spike in Covid-19 cases across the region. - Pix from FacebookThe authorities are scrambling to track down about 2,000 Rohingya men who attended a religious gathering that has led to a big spike in coronavirus cases across Southeast Asia, a security source and two other people toldMore than 100,000 Rohingya live in Malaysia after fleeing from Myanmar, but they are considered illegal immigrants.

“They have gone back to their families across Malaysia, it has become difficult for us to contact them. Many are afraid of admitting that they attended, they fear they will get into problems with the authorities,“ one of the sources, who works with the refugee community, said.The government had asked the police criminal investigation division to look for the missing participants, the security source said.

Participants spent most of their time crowded into the mosque for the four-day event, but some went to restaurants, shopping malls and Kuala Lumpur’s landmark Petronas twin towers, according toThe United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Malaysia told Reuters it had heard that refugees and asylum-seekers were at the gathering and it was working with the Ministry of Health to ensure that all refugee and asylum-seeking communities were included in government response measures.

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