Malaysia foreign minister calls for review of UN refugee agency's presence: Reports

Malaysia's foreign minister is calling for a review of the United Nations refugee agency's presence in the country, Channel NewsAsia reports. The call came a day after authorities detained more than a hundred Rohingya asylum seekers who had gathered outside UNHCR's offices in Kuala Lumpur seeking assistance. The seekers had been evicted from their homes in Penang.

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