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SHOCKING: At least 17 rohingya including children killed in boat capsize - What They Never Told You

Tens of thousands of Rohingya remain in Rakhine where there are severe restrictions on their movement [File: AFP]

At least 17 Rohingya refugees, including children, have been reported dead after their boat capsized in bad weather off the Myanmar coast.

The boat, with at least 90 people on board, was on its way to Malaysia across the Bay of Bengal when it sank, according to Radio Free Asia. Some of the bodies washed up on beaches in the western state of Rakhine, while more than 50 passengers remain missing, it said.

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