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Sydney: A Rohingya refugee from Myanmar died Tuesday after jumping from a bus on a remote Papua New Guinea island, almost five years after he was sent there by Australia, officials said.
The Refugee Action Coalition's Ian Rintoul said the man, a 52-year-old called Salim, was believed to have jumped from a moving bus near a refugee transition centre and was struck by its wheels, dying at the scene.
Most asylum-seekers on Manus believed the man's death was a suicide, according to a statement from the coalition.
"The Rohingyan refugee had suffered for a long time with a medical problem"and had previously been sent to Australia for treatment, he added in a statement. (AFP)
