The North Sumatra Police on Saturday named 18 Rohingya refugees as suspects in a torture case that left eight Myanmar illegal immigrants dead.



The eight Myanmar fishermen were killed in the early hours of Friday in a violent incident involving hundreds of Rohingya refugees at the Immigration Detention Center (Rudenim) in Belawan, just outside Medan.



The eight fishermen were Aung Thu Win, 24, Aung Than, 44, Min-Min, 24, Win Tun, 32, Nawe, 23, Aye, 23, Myo, 20, and Sam Iwin, 45. Three Myanmar fishermen managed to escape and 21 refugees sustained injuries.



Witnesses said that the brawl among center the residents started on Friday at about 1 a.m. when the Buddhist fishermen allegedly sexually harassed a female Rohingya refugee.



Muhammad Alam, 23, one of the Rohingya refugees, said that prior to the brawl, a number of fishermen followed a female Rohingya to the b...