Their arrival came after another boat also carrying about 150 Rohingya, a minority group who have faced persecution in Myanmar, had been stranded in Indonesia's Aceh province for

Indonesian officials say about 140 weak and hungry Rohingya Muslims, mostly women and children, are on a wooden boat anchored about 1 mile off the coast of Indonesia’s northernmost province of Aceh, and local residents refused to allow them onto land.

At least 146 Rohingya refugees landed in western Indonesia on Thursday, a local official said, as arrivals of members of the persecuted minority pick up again as sea conditions calm.The mostly Muslim ethnic Rohingya are heavily persecuted in Myanmar and thousands risk their lives each year on long and dangerous sea journeys to reach Malaysia or Indonesia.

The United Nations' refugee agency called on Indonesia to let in about 150 Rohingya refugees stranded off Aceh province for almost a week, as local media reported police had arrested three people on charges of human trafficking.

Around 140 Rohingya Muslims, mostly women and children, were anchored on wooden boat near Indonesia's northmost province of Aceh on Tuesday. Residents have refused to let them land.

The Rohingya boat is anchored around three to four miles, or around five to six kilometers, off the coast of South Aceh regency with its engine turned off, according to local community leader.

ABOUT 140 weak and hungry Rohingya Muslims, mostly women and children, were found on a wooden boat anchored off the coast of Indonesia’s northernmost province of Aceh today. Officials said that locals refused to allow them onto land.

JAKARTA : At least 146 Rohingya refugees landed in western Indonesia on Thursday, a local official said, as arrivals of members of the persecuted minority pick up again as sea conditions calm.

A boatful of 140 Rohingyan refugees, mostly women and children, have been left stranded one mile off the coast of Indonesia as locals refuse to allow the asylum seekers to make landfall. The wooden boat,