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By Hidayatullah Tahjuddin KRUENG GEUKUH, Indonesia (Reuters) – More than 100 Rohingya refugees who had been adrift on a sinking boat off the western coast of Indonesia were allowed to disembark early on Friday, after authorities relented following international pressure to allow the group to seek refuge. In a video seen by Reuters, the refugees left the boat in heavy rain and boarded a bus, while authorities sprayed them with disinfectant. Oktina Hafanti, an official at the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), told reporters that the 105 refugees would be kept in quarantine f…