Rohingya refugees condemn Myanmar coup

Rohingya leader Dil Mohammed urged the "global community to come forward and restore democracy at any cost"

Aung San Suu Kyi stands among supporters gathered to hear her speech outside the headquarters of her National League for Democracy party in Yangon. Credit: Reuters Photo

Rohingya refugees condemned the overthrow of a democratically elected government in Myanmar by the military on Monday, a community leader said in Bangladesh, where a number of them live after fleeing violence in the neighbouring country.

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"We Rohingya community strongly condemn this heinous attempt to kill democracy," Rohingya leader Dil Mohammed told Reuters by phone.

"We urge the global community to come forward and restore democracy at any cost."