Authorities initially blocked the refugees from disembarking to prevent them from escaping and because some local residents opposed their presence in town, according to local official.

More than 70 Rohingya refugees fleeing persecution in Myanmar have arrived at a tourist beach in Indonesia’s Aceh province. Local police chief Nova Suryandaru said a wooden boat carrying 40 men, 32 women and four children ran aground in Pereulak region in East Aceh on Wednesday after its engine broke down.

A rickety wooden boat carrying more than 100 Rohingya Muslims landed Wednesday in Indonesia as the northernmost province of Aceh continued to receive the refugees fleeing persecution and political unr

Authorities say dozens of Rohingya Muslims have come ashore in Indonesia, on the heels of another group earlier this month. The country suspects human trafficking syndicates may be behind the surge in refugee arrivals.

The mostly Muslim Rohingya are heavily persecuted in Myanmar -- their predominantly Buddhist homeland -- and thousands risk their lives each year on long and dangerous sea journeys to reach Malaysia or Indonesia.

Four men were flogged in Indonesia's conservative Aceh province on Thursday (Jan 30) for engaging in online gambling, local officials said, the first public lashing of the year under the region's strict Islamic law.

Dozens of Rohingya refugees who arrived by boat at a tourist beach in western Indonesia have been relocated to a temporary shelter after locals allowed their landing, an official said Thursday. The mostly Muslim ethnic Rohingya are heavily persecuted in Myanmar and

At least 75 Rohingya refugees arrived by boat at a tourist beach in western Indonesia on yesterday, but were stopped by authorities from disembarking,

JAKARTA: More than 70 Rohingya came ashore in Indonesia's Aceh province, an official said on Thursday (Jan 30), the latest wave of Rohingyas who often faced rejection from Indonesia's regional communities.

With much of the world focusing on other geopolitical issues, the Rohingyas hope that their plight will not be forgotten.