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LANGKAWI, May 17, 2015: The Rakyat Post found the local Rohingya village at Kampung Bukit Malut yesterday and witnessed first hand the terrible conditions that they live in. Making our way through Jalan Bukit Malut, we found a small turnoff fit for one car driving one way, that would take you to their village. The first thing you would see is scattered half-constructed water-villages being set up where old villages used to stand. These villages were burnt down and according to the village head, who wanted to remain anonymous, when one hut starts burning due to a cooking mishap for example, the fire spreads quickly to the next hut due to the cramped state of the villages, and before you know it the whole village is burnt down. Loads of rubbish and scrapped motorcycle and car parts were seen all over the place, so close to their homes. The fire that broke out was reported in Utusan Malaysia on March 17, where 300 villagers in Bukit Malut lost their homes and everything in it during the afternoon fire that broke out at 1.20pm. The report cited the closely built wooden structures as the cause for the fire spreading quickly. What we noticed was that our presence there quickly alerted the men in the village, and they came one by one on their bikes asking us what we were doing there. “What do you want here, what are you looking for?” a man asked us, giving us the curious look. We made our way through the 1.8km long village that we quickly noticed the difference of this community from our own. It ranged from the clothes they wore, from their habits of chewing betel nuts and leaf, the powder the used excessively on their face, the way their sundry shops were set up and the dialect they were speaking.  The children were playing with their spinning tops in what looked like “war-torn” playground. The space was filled with rubbish and broken rocks as well as a junk car.However when we asked questions relating to their ethnicity, they dodged it calming they were local. The women opened up more to us. They claimed that they were mixed local and Rohingya although they had been in Malaysia for more than three generations already. The children we met were playing with their spinning tops in what looked like “war-torn” playground. The space was filled with rubbish and broken rocks as well as a junk car. The children however did not notice any of that and were having fun with us, showing us their skills with the top and posing every time we picked up our cameras for a shot. Although they had very little to make do with, they did not seem to mind it at all. According to the Wall Street Journal about 50,000 Bangladeshi and Rohingya Muslim migrants attempt a perilous sea voyage to Malaysia every year, in a bid to escape poverty and persecution in their homelands.  A Rohingya woman in the village.According to BBC, in the past three years, more than 120,000 Rohingyas have boarded ships to flee their country. The report also stated that the recent surge in Bangladesh and Myanmar human trafficking victims being stranded on sea because of the recent crackdown on smugglers by the Thai government which led to these smugglers leaving them stranded at sea. Malaysia became the choice of destination for these Rohingya victims because it was a predominantly Muslim one and always short of labourers. It was previously reported by The Rakyat Post that a local revealed that the recent surge of human trafficking victims that has showed up on Malaysia waters was the second time of its kind and was a common thing, although usually in smaller numbers at a time. Another source said there were many Rohingya and Bangladesh immigrants that have made Langkawi their home and stay in Kampung Bukit Malut where they turned it into a boat repair and fishing village.
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