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Myanmar Leader to Visit Malaysia After Migrant Returns Begin
Rights groups and UNHCR warned that 1,476 returnees could face persecution as Malaysia prepares talks on repatriating about 5,000 Myanmar nationals.
- On Tuesday, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim announced Myanmar President Min Aung Hlaing will visit Malaysia in the "next few days" to discuss refugee solutions and repatriations.
- Malaysia plans to return about 5,000 Myanmar nationals while hosting more than 215,000 refugees, including more than 126,000 Rohingya, amid reports of "growing hostility, discriminatory rhetoric and online attacks" against them.
- A group of nearly 1,500 returnees arrived in Myanmar on Sunday, contributing to nearly 10,000 repatriations this year, while UN rights chief Volker Turk warned against returning people to a country with "egregious human rights violations and abuses."
- Anwar emphasized that while he welcomes returns, "We can accept Myanmar, but they must accept back," demanding they "guarantee proper treatment to their own people" to prevent abuse.
- This visit serves as a diplomatic push for legitimacy by Min Aung Hlaing following his 2021 coup, a move complicated by ASEAN's exclusion of Myanmar from high-level meetings and a civil war that has killed more than 100,000 people.
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(Hanoi=Yonhap News) Correspondent Park Jin-hyung = Myanmar President Min Aung Hlaing will visit Malaysia within a few days to discuss the issue of the additional repatriation of his country's refugees...
·Seoul, Korea (the Republic of)
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Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim revealed that Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, the leader of Myanmar's military junta, is preparing to visit Malaysia in the coming days, following Malaysia's launch of a repatriation program for its citizens.
Myanmar leader to visit Malaysia after migrant returns begin
·Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
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Myanmar leader to visit Malaysia 'in next few days': Anwar
"During the visit of the President of Myanmar to Malaysia in the next few days, the foreign minister, the home minister, and I will raise issues towards a solution," Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said in parliament.
·Singapore, Singapore
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Total News Sources25
Leaning Left2Leaning Right7Center3Last UpdatedBias Distribution58% Right
Bias Distribution
- 58% of the sources lean Right
58% Right
L 17%
C 25%
R 58%
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