Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak has confirmed that the plight of the Rohingya – one of the world's most persecuted minorities – was raised in his meeting with US President Donald Trump.

In his speech at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington DC yesterday, Najib said he has long expressed his concern over the plight of the Rohingya.

Many, he noted, have said that the atrocities committed against the Rohingya could be described as constituting ethnic cleansing or genocide...