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CNN's awarding-winning documentary on abuse of Rohingya refugees: The Forgotten People 06/03/2009	Rohingya tell of beatings by Thai forces WIMOL NUKAEW Bangkok Post 02/03/2009
CNN's Dan Rivers follows the story of hundreds of Rohingya refugees as they escape persecution in Myanmar and escape to Thailand.	A group of Rohingya found adrift off Sumatra on Monday say they were beaten, towed out to sea and left to their fate by Thai security forces, the Indonesian navy says. The boat people said 22 of their number had perished as they drifted at sea for three weeks in a wooden boat that had no engine and was held together with rope, navy officer Tedi Sutardi said.
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