(22 Oct 2024)
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Labuhan Haji, South Aceh, Indonesia – 22 October 2024
1. Locals loading food and drinks into boat
2. Tilt up of supplies in plastic bags
3. Various of people sitting in boat
4. Wide of boat heading towards Rohingya boat seen in the distance
5. Mid of blue Rohingya boat with people aboard
6. Various of Rohingya aboard
7. SOUNDBITE (Indonesian) Herman Razak, local resident:
"We are doing this (giving food and drinks) as a form of humanity."
Reporter: "Why they are not allowed to land?"
Razak: "It’s not that we don’t allow it, but because until now there has been no agreement from other parties. So, if they are allowed to disembark, no-one is responsible for guaranteeing them."
8. Various of sick Rohingya taken off boat on stretcher
9. Wide of ambulances at Labuhan Haji regional hospital
10. Various of Rohingya being moved out of ambulance
11. SOUNDBITE (Indonesian) Dr. Muhammad Iqram, doctor at Labuhan Haji hospital:
"Most of the patients came in weak condition, coughing, runny noses and fever, while pregnant women are still being checked for their pregnancy condition."
12. Close of patient sign on hospital bed reading (Indonesian) "Minara Begum, 28 years old, pregnant woman"
13. Various of patient being checked
14. Various of Rohingya boat
STORYLINE:
About 140 weak and hungry Rohingya Muslims, mostly women and children, were on a wooden boat anchored about 1 mile (0.60 kilometers) off the coast of Indonesia’s northernmost province of Aceh on Tuesday, officials said, and local residents refused to allow them onto land.
The blue-painted boat has been floating off the coast since Friday.
Three Rohingya died during the nearly two-week-long trip from Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh to the waters off Labuhan Haji in South Aceh district, local police said.
Authorities have transferred 11 Rohingya to a government hospital since Sunday after their health worsened.
"There has been no agreement from other parties. So, if they are allowed to disembark, no-one is responsible for guaranteeing them," said local resident Herman Razak.
The group left Cox’s Bazar on Oct. 9, according to an Aceh police report, and intended to reach Malaysia.
Some passengers on the boat had reportedly paid to be transported to other countries.
"We are doing this as a form of humanity," Razak explained, after he and other locals dropped off supplies, including food and aid, to the boat.
There were 216 people on board when the boat departed Bangladesh and 50 of them reportedly disembarked in Indonesia’s Riau province, according to police.
Aceh police have arrested three suspects for alleged people smuggling.
About 1 million of the predominately Muslim Rohingya live in Bangladesh as refugees from Myanmar.
They include about 740,000 who fled a brutal counterinsurgency campaign in 2017 by Myanmar’s security forces, who were accused of committing mass rapes and killings.
AP video by Taufik Kelana
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