THIS month’s military coup in Myanmar shook the region.
Malaysia rightfully condemned this return to military dictatorship, but then in a move that was as deeply disturbing as it was hard to comprehend, took up the military junta’s offer to transport 1,200 Myanmarese who were being detained by Malaysian Immigration (the Myanmarese military’s ships have already arrived in Lumut, and are currently scheduled to bring the detainees back tomorrow, on Feb 23).
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