KUALA LUMPUR, July 9 -- A total of 78 Myanmar nationals of Rohingya ethnicity have been granted refugee status under Malaysia's new Refugee Registration Document (DPP) programme, with 25 of them identified as eligible for employment under a pilot work initiative.

Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail confirmed the figures in a written parliamentary reply yesterday, noting that these individuals were part of the programme's first phase, which initially targeted detainees in Perak's Immigration Detention Depots.

"Until June 2026, 128 Myanmar nationals of Rohingya ethnicity, comprising 127 adult men and one adult woman, were transferred to PPKPPS (Special Detention Centre for Refugees and Asylum Seekers) Bidor, Perak.

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