Boat carrying Rohingya refugees reaches Malaysia

After weeks at sea, a boat carrying nearly 60 refugees was intercepted by coastguards on Tuesday in waters off Langkawi island in northern Malaysia.

After weeks at sea, a boat carrying nearly 60 Rohingya refugees who escaped government atrocities in Myanmar, has reached Malaysia. They will now be processed by Malaysia’s Immigration Department.

Al Jazeera’s Florence Looi reports from Belantik in Kedah State.