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Dr M: Let’s end Rohingya’s suffering now

NEW YORK: Malaysian Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has sounded the clarion call for the international community to put the Rohingya crisis squarely on its radar with a view to resolving it now. Speaking at his first engagement since

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Myanmar activists fight to outlaw domestic violence

YANGON: Cradling her one-year-old daughter in a house in southern Myanmar, 22-year-old Nu Nu Aye recalled the reasons her husband gave for beating her. She had not looked after his rooster. She would not have sex with him. In a

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China woos Myanmar with BRI sweeteners

YANGON: The National League for Democracy was forged in an uprising against one-party rule. Its activists spent years in jail under Myanmar’s military junta. But since taking power three years ago, the party led by Nobel laureate Aung San Suu

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Asean supports Myanmar’s commitment to Rohingya repatriation

Asean foreign ministers reiterated their support for Myanmar’s commitment to ensure safety and security for all communities in Rakhine State as effectively as possible, as well as facilitating the voluntary return of Rohingya refugees in a safe, secure and dignified

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MAF detain 20 Myanmar nationals near Bukit Kayu Hitam

ALOR SETAR: The Malaysian Armed Forces (MAF) detained 20 illegal immigrants who were Myanmar nationals at a kongsi house behind a petrol station near Bukit Kayu Hitam, yesterday. Commander of the 6th Brigade, Brigadier-General Mohd Halim Khalid said the arrest

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Final appeal by jailed Reuters journalists rejected

NAYPYITAW – Myanmar’s top court on Tuesday rejected the appeal of two Reuters reporters sentenced to seven years in jail for breaking the Official Secrets Act, in a landmark case that has raised questions about the country’s transition to democracy.

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