RAKHINE, Myanmar – According to one of their lawyers, a local court in northern Rakhine State sentenced 199 persons, the majority of whom are Rohingya Muslims from Maungdaw, to five years in prison under the Immigration Act on Tuesday for “illegally trying to migrate” to Malaysia by boat.
90 youngsters were released the day after their conviction, but the adults were imprisoned in Buthidaung Prison, according to