Bangladesh has extended the power of commissioned army officials to enforce law and order amid the absence of police forces after the fall of Sheikh Hasina’s autocratic government on August 5, 2024.
Activist groups urge UN probe of its Myanmar envoy after report alleges ties to Chinese companies
Activist groups are calling for the United Nations to investigate its special envoy to Myanmar over possible conflicts of interest, after a report detailed her consulting company’s alleged ties to …
UN urged to probe Myanmar envoy Julie Bishop over alleged China firms ties
The United Nations is facing calls to investigate its special envoy on Myanmar, Julie Bishop, over alleged ties between her consulting firm and Chinese mining and construction companies with interests …
India Brings Home Nearly 300 Citizens Rescued From Southeast Asian Scam Centres
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India has brought home nearly 300 of its nationals who were lured to various southeast Asian countries, including Myanmar, with fake job offers and made to engage in cybercrime …
Myanmar fake job scam: India repatriates 283 nationals trapped in scam centers
The Indian embassies in Myanmar and Thailand, in coordination with local authorities, have successfully repatriated 283 Indian nationals who were trapped in cybercrime and scam operations along the …
Call for UN Secretary-General to probe Julie Bishop special envoy role over business dealings
Human rights organisation Justice for Myanmar has urged the United Nations chief to conduct a review of Julie Bishop’s appointment as a Special Envoy over her business links with A Chinese state-owned …
Opium farming takes root in Myanmar’s war-wracked landscape
Scraping opium resin off a seedpod in Myanmar’s remote poppy fields, displaced farmer Aung Hla describes the narcotic crop as his only prospect in a country made barren by conflict.”Most of the …
They were forced to scam others worldwide. Now thousands are held in detention on the Myanmar border
Thousands of sick, exhausted and terrified young men and women, from countries all over the world squat in rows, packed shoulder to shoulder, surgical masks covering their mouths and, some, their eyes …
Takeaways from the AP’s reporting into what people face in Myanmar after release from forced labor
Thousands of sick, exhausted and terrified young men and women, from countries all over the world squat in rows, packed shoulder to shoulder, surgical masks covering their mouths and, some, their eyes …
Plane parts, ammo found in Malaysia raids
In Simpang Ampat, Penang, the General Operations Force (GOF) arrested three individuals, including two Myanmar nationals, for operating an unlicensed e-waste recycling factory.