MALAYSIA has provided refuge to 40 shipwreck survivors believed to be refugees from Myanmar's conflict-wracked Rakhine state, a Malaysian maritime official says.
The refugees arrived late on Tuesday in the southern state of Johor after they were picked up by a Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency vessel from a Vietnamese cargo ship off Singapore, the official said.
The 40 refugees were rescued by the cargo ship from a boat believed to be carrying 250 people that sank December 5 in the Bay of Bengal.
Many of those on board were still missing.
The official, who requested anonymity, said the refugees were believed to be from Myanmar's Rohingya minority.
All the refugees appeared to be in good health and were undergoing medical examinations, he said.
They were given temporary refuge while they are processed, he said.
Malaysia hosts about 24,000 refugees from Myanmar's Rakhine state, which has seen clashes between Muslim Rohingya and majority Buddhists.At least 89 people were killed in the violence in October, and more than 5300 houses and religious buildings were burned or destroyed, according to UN figures.
More than 110,000 people have been forced from their homes since the violence first flared in June.
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