Five M’sian jobseekers rescued from Myanmar
BANGKOK: Five Malaysian jobseekers, who claimed to have been duped into going to Myanmar and forced to work as cyber scammers, have been rescued and are now awaiting deportation in Bangkok. Acting on information from Teruntum assemblyman Sim Chon Siang and others, a team from the Thai Army went into KK Gardens in Myawaddy, Myanmar, […]
Thumbs-up to lifting of foreign worker freeze
KUCHING: Malaysian employers can afford a smile now following Indonesia’s recent announcement to lift a freeze on sending its migrant workers to Malaysia effective Aug 1. They have reacted positively to Jakarta’s announcement. Committee member of Kuching Coffeeshop and Restaurants Owners Association Kapitan Tan Yit Sheng and secretary-general of Sarawak Business Federation (SBF) Datuk Jonathan […]
Search for Batang Seterap drowning victim fruitless
LINGGA: The search and rescue (SAR) operation for a Myanmar national feared drowned in Batang Seterap came to nothing on Tuesday (Feb 8). The victim, identified as Thein Wai Maung, 35, is yet to be found on Day Two. Tuesday’s operation, which involved firefighters, police, Civil Defence Force (APM), Lingga Health Clinic, Kapal Ketara Sepuluh, […]
SAR launched for man who fell off vessel
LINGGA: A search and rescue (SAR) operation was activated on Monday (Feb 7) to locate a foreign worker feared drowned at Batang Seterap. A spokesman from the Sarawak Fire and Rescue Department operations centre said the victim was identified as Thein Wai Maung, 35, from Myanmar. Sri Aman firemen rushed to the scene after receiving […]
Myanmar’s democracy veterans, once again political prisoners
BANGKOK: Carrying just a small bag, Mya Aye was escorted from his home in the dead of the night by Myanmar soldiers just as an internet blackout shrouded the country and a dawn coup ousted its civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi. The military takeover stunned the world and brought a decade-long democratic experiment to […]
Aung San Suu Kyi wins parliamentary seat in Myanmar’s GE
YANGON: Aung San Suu Kyi, chairperson of the ruling National League for Democracy (NLD), has won a seat in the House of Representatives (Lower House) in Sunday’s general elections, Xinhua news agency reported according to the Union Election Commission (UEC) on Tuesday. Suu Kyi, the current State Counsellor of Myanmar, competed in Yangon’s Kawmhu constituency […]
Jade mine landslide kills over 110 in Myanmar’s Kachin state
YANGON: More than 100 miners were killed in a landslide at a jade mine in northern Myanmar, Anadolu Agency reported according to the country’s emergency services. The landslide in the state of Kachin was caused by heavy rain, triggering a “muddy wave” which buried the miners, the Fire Service said on Facebook. The miners were […]
Myanmar temporarily suspends entry visas
YANGON: Myanmar will temporarily suspend entry visas beginning today, Sunday in efforts to prevent the spread of coronavirus pandemic, reported Anadolu Agency. The foreign ministry said late Saturday it will not issue the visas except to diplomats, United Nations (UN) officials and crews of ships and aircraft operating to and from Myanmar. The measure will be in […]
Myanmar confirms first two cases of Covid-19
HANOI: The Ministry of Health and Sports of Myanmar on March 23 reported the two first cases of the acute respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus (Covid-19). The results from the Myanmar National Health Laboratory confirmed that a 36-year-old Myanmar man travelling back from the US and another, 26, returning from the UK had both tested positive for the […]
