KUALA LUMPUR – Nur is a 12-year-old Rohingya Muslim refugee in Malaysia who has stopped going to school since June, after two men threatened to beat her on her way to class.

“Why do you want to go to school? Do you want to take over our country?” they asked, according to Nur, whose family declined use of her full name for fear of repercussion.

Nur is just one of many Rohingya children to face harassment and threats that have prompted refugee schools across Malaysia to close, say rights groups and educators.