KUALA LUMPUR, April 29 -- Malaysia has already accepted too many Rohingya refugees and other nations must do their part to address the crisis, former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said today.

On his blog, Dr Mahathir also called for a rejection of trade with Myanmar over its cruelty towards its Rohingya community.

"We should rightfully condemn Myanmar and Aung San Suu Kyi over their cruelty, and act by rejecting trade with them," he wrote.

However, the Langkawi MP decried the recent move by the Royal Malaysian Navy to repel a boat ferrying about 200 Rohingya refugees as inhumane.

"Truthfully, we have given too much asylum to refugees. They should go to other nations, and other nations too must open their doors.

"However, tur...