Rohingya youth pleads guilty to attempted suicide

A demonstrator sits in handcuffs after being detained by Malaysian police during a protest against the persecution of Muslim ethnic minority Rohingya in Myanmar, in Kuala Lumpur on August 30, 2017. Hundreds of protesters from Myanmar demonstrated in Malaysia on August 30 against renewed violence in their homeland that has forced thousands of members of the Muslim ethnic minority Rohingya to flee. / AFP PHOTO

KUALA LUMPUR: A 19-year-old Rohingya youth who tried to set himself on fire at a rally in Kuala Lumpur recently wept in the dock when he was charged with attempted suicide on Wednesday.

Restaurant helper Ali Johar Jamal Hussin was sentenced to three months prison after he pled guilty to attempted suicide by pouring petrol on himself during the gathering at the Ampang Park LRT station here at 11.30am on August 30.