Concerns are growing for the safety of a Myanmar seafarer who disappeared from a remote hospital in Western Australia’s far north. The ABC understand Wai Phyo Aung was taken to Wyndham Hospital, about 3,000 kilometres north of Perth, on September 2 after complaining of chest pains. He had been working as a seafarer on Liberian-flagged [...] The post Concerns for Myanmar seafarer missing for four days in Western Australia appeared first on DVB .
Myanmar refugees holding valid United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) cards remain fully subject to Malaysia’s Immigration Act 1959/63 and can be treated as undocumented migrants if they commit unauthorized labor or other immigration offenses, Immigration Director-General Zakaria Shaaban clarified on Monday. The statement refutes recent media reports claiming UNHCR cardholders were exempt from [...] The post UN registered refugees from Myanmar still subject to immigration law in Malaysia appeared first on DVB .
Kim Aris launches ‘Free Her’ campaign for Aung San Suu Kyi Jailed State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi’s son, Kim Aris, launched a new campaign on Monday called “Free Her,” which continues to demand the immediate release of his 81-year-old mother, a 1991 Nobel Peace Prize winner, and one of the co-founders of the National [...] The post Kim Aris launches ‘Free Her’ campaign for Aung San Suu Kyi; India links 7 foreigners to drone attack in Myanmar appeared first on DVB .
Jailed State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi’s son, Kim Aris, launched a new campaign on Monday called “Free Her,” which continues to demand the immediate release of his 81-year-old mother, a 1991 Nobel Peace Prize winner, and one of the co-founders of the National League for Democracy (NLD) party. Aung San Suu Kyi has been [...] The post Kim Aris launches latest version of campaign to free Aung San Suu Kyi appeared first on DVB .
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk addressed the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland, on Monday, presenting a devastating assessment of Myanmar’s compounding human rights, environmental, and security crisis. Türk warned that the complete collapse of the rule of law has allowed criminal syndicates and illicit extraction networks to flourish, while [...] The post UN Human Rights Chief warns Myanmar crisis deteriorating rapidly appeared first on DVB .
A father and son were killed inside their family home in Lemyethna Township’s Pantawgyi village in Ayeyarwady Region, after it was destroyed by an airstrike carried out by the Myanmar Air Force on Saturday. “The attack happened early in the morning,” a Pantawgyi resident told DVB. Another three homes were also destroyed. Pantawgyi village is [...] The post Family killed in Irrawaddy Region airstrike as flooding overwhelms displaced communities appeared first on DVB .
One woman was killed and three other civilians were injured by two airstrikes carried out by the Myanmar Air Force on Thandwe Township in Arakan State on Monday, according to residents and the Arakan Army (AA). “The fighting has become so intense that many residents are being forced to flee to safer areas,” a Thandwe [...] The post One civilian killed, three injured, and thousands displaced by airstrikes in Rakhine State appeared first on DVB .
Philippines Vice President Sara Duterte posted bail Saturday after an order was issued for her arrest the previous day on charges that she publicly threatened to arrange the assassination of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and two other people. Emerging in a black outfit from Quezon City Regional Trial Court in Metro Manila, Duterte consoled her [...] The post Philippines Vice President Duterte posts bail after arrest order for alleged threats against Marcos appeared first on DVB .
The Karen National Union (KNU) told DVB that a confrontation with the Karen State Border Guard Force (BGF) is likely after its leader Mote Thone relocated from Myawaddy Township, along the Myanmar-Thailand border, to a village in the Karen State capital Hpa-An Township to avoid arrest by Thai authorities Thailand’s Department of Special Investigation (DSI) [...] The post KNU warns of impending clash with BGF after Mote Thone evades Thai arrest warrant appeared first on DVB .
