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Two fake document syndicates masterminded by Myanmar nationals busted
PUTRAJAYA: Two document forgery syndicates masterminded by Myanmar nationals and targeting ethnic Rohingya and Arakan Muslims, were crippled in an Immigration Department operation in the Jalan Lebuh Pudu area, Kuala Lumpur yesterday. Immigration director-general, Datuk Khairul Dzaimee Daud (pix) said the syndicates
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PDRM: Foreigners trying to return home quietly through jetties
KUALA LUMPUR: The Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) have revealed that there are foreigners trying to quietly return to their home countries through jetties in this country’s borders. Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Abdul Hamid Bador said police would tighten the
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Ten more Asian countries receives help from The Jack Ma, Alibaba Foundation
KUALA LUMPUR: The Jack Ma Foundation and Alibaba Foundation have announced plans to donate much-needed medical supplies to 10 more countries in Asia to fuel the global fight against COVID-19. The governments of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Laos, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar,
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Rohingya group urges international pressure on Myanmar
ANKARA: A rights group for Myanmar’s Muslim Rohingya minority yesterday welcomed a verdict by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ordering the country to institute preventative measures for the safety of the group, reported Anadolu Agency. Describing the ICJ ruling
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Myanmar nationals in bid to sneak into Malaysia nabbed
BANGKOK: A group of Myanmar nationals carrying fake passports were arrested in Southern Thailand after attempting to sneak into Malaysia to work. Thai Immigration Police arrested the seven men who had travelled from Bangkok to Sungai Kolok, Narathiwat by bus
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Two Myanmar men charged with murdering Bangladeshi supervisor
KUANTAN: Two Myanmar workers were charged in the magistrate’s court here today, with the murder of their supervisor, a Bangladeshi, in October. The two accused, Hamid Husin Mohd Husin, 32, and Mohd Karim Hosain, 28, nodded to indicate they understood
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Rohingya pray for justice on eve of Myanmar genocide hearings
Members of Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslim minority prayed for justice on the eve of hearings at the UN’s International Court of Justice during which leader Aung San Suu Kyi will defend the country against genocide charges. Gambia launched proceedings against the
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Suu Kyi to appear at ICJ as Myanmar faces genocide accusation
In a momentous move, Aung San Suu Kyi will appear at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague today for a highly anticipated genocide case against Myanmar. As she arrived at Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport on Sunday alongside Wouter Jurgens, the Dutch ambassador to Myanmar, she was greeted
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The Lady and The Hague: Myanmar leader Suu Kyi courts home audience
The last time Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi traveled to western Europe, she was feted as the freshly elected civilian ruler of a fledgling democracy who had brought an end to half a century of military dictatorship. When the
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17-month-old Myanmar boy found drowned in Ipoh
IPOH: Police have detained the parents of a Myanmarese toddler who was found drowned near a bridge across Sungai Chemor here yesterday. Ipoh district police chief ACP A. Asmadi Abdul Aziz said the body of the male toddler, aged one
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