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Opinion Papers
Myanmar approves death sentence for cyberscam offences
Source: France 24 | By Agence France-Presse
Myanmar’s military-backed parliament approved a law on Tuesday authorising capital punishment for those who detain or violently coerce victims into working in online scam centres.
Myanmar’s Democratic Alliance Pushes to Unify Scattered Resistance
Source: The Irrawaddy | By Myo Pyae
Myanmar’s leading anti-regime alliance, the Steering Council for the Emergence of a Federal Democratic Union (SCEF), has stepped up a major push for unity, holding strategic discussions with 14 different resistance organizations in a single week.
Raided hotel provided drugs, sex, gambling exclusively to Chinese
Source: Bangkok Post | By Wassayos Ngamkham
Available at the hotel were accommodation, gambling, parties and sex services. Police seized ketamine, “happy water” drug cocktail, casino chips, dice, 110,000 baht in cash and surveillance cameras found on the hotel premises
Bangladesh Faces A New Security Equation As Myanmar’s Conflict Evolves Into Its Next Phase – OpEd
Source: EurAsia Review | By Md. Abu Saim
For Bangladesh, the changing battlefield is no longer a humanitarian issue centered solely on the Rohingya population.
As Myanmar collapses, it’s time for China to step up and be the hero
Source: Reuters | By Danial Azhar and Rozanna Latiff
All of the refugees outside the UNHCR were taken away with their belongings in four police trucks at around 8:30 p.m. (1230 GMT), according to Reuters witnesses at the scene.