‘I am a Muslim. I have no place in Myanmar’


LANGKAWI: The “skeleton” of a wooden boat was all that remained of a failed attempt by migrants, believed to be Rohingyas, to enter Malaysia through Padang Matsirat here in 2012.

Clumps of grass grew inside the decaying boat's hull, inviting on-lookers to wonder about the fate of its passengers.

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