MENAFN

(MENAFN) Malaysia has repatriated around 10,000 Myanmar nationals who had been held in immigration detention facilities since January, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said Tuesday.

MENAFN

(MENAFN) Myanmar said Monday that 1,476 of its citizens, who had finished serving sentences in Malaysia for unlawful residency and other immigration violations, are back on home soil.

MENAFN

(MENAFN) Myanmar confirmed Monday that 1,476 of its citizens who had completed prison sentences or other penalties for unlawful residency and immigration-related offenses have been repatriated from Malaysia.

MENAFN

(MENAFN) UN human rights chief Volker Turk condemned Myanmar military airstrikes on Tuesday that reportedly killed at least 50 people at a packed market in Rakhine State, warning that the death toll could climb.

MENAFN

(MENAFN) At least 50 people were killed and 58 others injured when Myanmar’s military launched an aerial attack in Kyauktaw township in northern Rakhine state on Monday, according to media reports published Tuesday.

MENAFN

(MENAFN) At least 50 people were killed and 58 others wounded when a Burmese military jet struck a bridge and a crowded marketplace in Kyauktaw township, northern Rakhine state, on Monday, according to a Tuesday report by media.