YANGON: The fate of Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslim minority took center stage Monday as regional ministers held crisis talks over a security crackdown that has drawn rare criticism from neighboring nations.

More than 27,000 Rohingya have fled northwestern Myanmar for Bangladesh since the start of November to escape a heavy-handed counterinsurgency campaign.

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