KUALA LUMPUR (AP): More than 30 Rohingya women and children were found stranded along a beach in Perlis early Friday (March 1), and are believed to have been dropped off by human traffickers, authorities said.
A police official in Kangar said villagers found the 34 people, including nine children, weak, hungry and covered in mud as they made their way through the muddy coast.
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