Death threats, hate speech turn Rohingya activist's Malaysia home into a prison


Zafar Ahmad and his wife look out from their home in Kuala Lumpur. – Reuters/Lim Huey Teng

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters): Zafar Ahmad Abdul Ghani, a Rohingya Muslim refugee and activist who fled persecution and ethnic strife in Myanmar, has called Malaysia home for nearly three decades.

Now, it's more like a prison.

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