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Rohingya refugees say traffickers in Malaysia abuse and kill

  • Thousands of Rohingya have fled to Malaysia

  • Refugees face threat of abduction and death

  • Penang police say no Rohingya murders there last year

By Aubrey Belford

BUKIT MERTAJAM, Malaysia, Jan 29 (Reuters) - Abul Kassim, a Rohingya asylum seeker, was snatched from his home in the northern Malaysian state of Penang on Jan. 12. The next morning, his beaten and bloodied body was found.

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