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Rohingya in Malaysia hoping for the best from OIC meeting

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The Star                                                                                                                               KUALA LUMPUR: Rohingya refugees in Malaysia are hoping that the outcome of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) emergency meeting Thursday will put an end to the oppression faced by them back in Myanmar. A small group of Rohingya activists were spotted outside the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre here as the OIC Council of Foreign Ministers held an extraordinary session on the Rohingya situation. Human rights activist Ziaur Rahman, 23, said that no action had been taken even though violence against the Rohingya was well-known. "We hope that the OIC and all the ministers worldwide can help my people. My people are dying," said Ziaur. "There are more than 56,000 Rohingya refugees in Malaysia," said Ziaur.                          He added that he had been a refugee in three countries without refugee r