Malaysia summons Myanmar ambassador to protest Rohingya massacre

Rohingya refugees stretch their hands as they reach for food near Balukhali in Cox’s Bazar

Myanmar’s ambassador to Malaysia was summoned to express displeasure with the ongoing attack on the country’s Muslim Rohingya minority

Malaysia on Tuesday summoned Myanmar’s ambassador to express displeasure with the ongoing attack on the country’s Muslim Rohingya minority, which has killed and displaced thousands of civilians.

Myanmar does not recognize the Rohingya Muslims, having deprived them of citizenship and branded as “stateless.”

Myanmar’s ambassador in Malaysia U Sein Oo was summoned in protest of the escalating military operations by the Myanmar army, which resulted in the deaths of Rohingya Muslims in the country’s western Rakhine State.

An ongoing attack against the Rohingya Muslims escalated on Aug. 25 and approximately 2,600 homes of the Rohingya were set ablaze, forcing over 125,000 of Myanmar’s 1.1 million Muslims to flee to southeast Bangladesh.