‘Treat them as citizens’


Popular duo: Dr Mahathir and his wife Tun Dr Siti Hasmah Mohd Ali posing for wefies with Malaysians in Turkey at a reception for them at a hotel in Bosphorus. — Bernama

KUALA LUMPUR: The Rohingya should be treated as Myanmar nationals or be given a chance to form their own state, said Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.

He said even though Malaysia generally does not wish to interfere with the internal affairs of other countries, it does so in this case due to the massacre or genocide that is happening in Myanmar.

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