Malaysia to invite Myanmar’s Min Aung Hlaing for Rohingya repatriation talks

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Malaysia will invite Myanmar's military leader Min Aung Hlaing to Kuala Lumpur to discuss repatriation of nearly 200,000 Rohingya refugees. The effort responds to the socio-economic challenges Malaysia faces due to the refugees and ongoing hostility towards them.

Malaysia will formally invite Myanmar leader Minh Aung Hlaing to visit Kuala Lumpur to discuss efforts to repatriate nearly 200,000 refugees from the war-torn nation that Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim says have placed a heavy social and economic burden on his country. Refugees from Myanmar, particularly ethnic Rohingya, have faced worsening hostility in recent months in Malaysia, where they are accused of causing social problems and taking over small local businesses in areas where they have set...