SITTWE, MYANMAR ¨C Thousands of Rohingya Muslims in violence-racked northwest Myanmar are pleading with the authorities for safe passage from two remote villages that are cut off by hostile Buddhists and running short of food.
¡°We¡¯re terrified,¡± Maung Maung, a Rohingya official at Ah Nauk Pyin village, told Reuters by telephone. ¡°We¡¯ll starve soon and they¡¯re threatening to burn down our houses.¡±
Another Rohingya contacted by Reuters, who asked not to be named, said ethnic Rakhine Buddhists came to the same village and shouted, ¡°Leave, or we will kill you all.¡±
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