Rela raids: futile exercises of power

UPDATE:
Sabahan member of parliament Abdul Ghapur Salleh (BN-Kalabakan) said today_
 Asserting that crime and safety were issues that come under the responsibilities of the federal government, Abdul Ghapur called for a federal-level committee to tackle the issue of undocumented migrants. the issue of illegal immigrants, as they would want to be with the Philippines. What will [...]

RELA, the organization, the refugees fear

 RELA, the organization, the refugees fear

 
Foreigners nabbed for violating work permit
[NATION  9-May-2008]
Ninety-eight foreigners working in two factories in Port Klang have been arrested for violating their work permits.
 
 
Pakistan embassy man held by Rela personnel
[NATION  10-May-2008]
A Pakistan embassy staff was allegedly detained by Rela personnel as they did not recognise his
Wisma Putra-issued identity card.
 
Odd-job [...]

Archives from Star Online about Myanmar Refugees

Archives from Star Online about Myanmar Refugees

Rohingyas: Help our countrymen
[NATION  10-May-2008]
They may be hard-pressed for money, but Myanmar refugees want to come forward to help their compatriots back home after the devastation caused by Cyclone Nargis.
39,000 asylum seekers registered in Malaysia
[NATION  7-May-2008]
A total of 39,000 refugees and asylum seekers from 33 countries registered themselves in Malaysia in [...]

Archives from Star Online about Myanmar Cyclone Nargis

 Archives from Star Online about Myanmar Cyclone Nargis

Documents 1 to 10 of 63 matching the query “nargis”

1.Myanmar: SMART team on standby
[NATION  12-May-2008]
The Special Malaysia Disaster Assistance and Rescue Team (SMART) is on standby for deployment to Myanmar to provide assistance to Cyclone Nargis victims.
2.Myanmar: Mercy M’sia recruiting local medical personnel
[NATION  12-May-2008] Mercy Malaysia has signed a memorandum [...]

Luxury cruiser for Mercy M’sia and is recruiting Myanmar doctors

Luxury cruiser for Mercy M’sia and is recruiting Myanmar doctors

PETALING JAYA: Mercy Malaysia has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with international non-governmental organisation Save the Children of UK (SCUK) and is now recruiting Myanmar doctors and nurses to provide basic medical services to Cyclone Nargis survivors.
The doctors and nurses would set up basic medical [...]

Parts of Myanmar still cut off

 Parts of Myanmar still cut off
NST Online » World News (Agence France – Presse)
Parts of Myanmar are still cut off 10 days after its devastating cyclone, the military regime said Monday, ahead of the first aid flight from the United States — one of its most vocal critics.
The flow of international aid into Myanmar, which says 62,000 [...]

Death toll from Cyclone Nargis’ aftermath may be alarmingly high

Death toll from Cyclone Nargis’ aftermath may be alarmingly high
FROM YANGON
By HARIATI AZIZAN
Monday May 12, 2008
THE first thing that struck me when I arrived in Yangon, Myanmar, was how old and battered it was. Derelict buildings, still very much in use, line the narrow streets of the once prosperous Burmese city. Poverty is rampant, and [...]

Call to expedite special visas for volunteers to help cyclone victims in Myanmar

Call to expedite special visas for volunteers to help cyclone victims in Myanmar
Monday May 12, 2008
The Star Online Newspaper,Malaysia

PENANG: The Myanmar Government should issue special visas for volunteers to help the victims affected by Cyclone Nargis.
Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng’s political secretary Ng Wei Aik said the special visa would enable help to reach Myanmar [...]

Photos: ‘Burma: Nargis aftermath, referendum and protests’ Part 2

Photos: ‘Burma: Nargis aftermath,
referendum and protests‘ Part 2
M&C

A handout picture made available by UNICEF on 10 May 2008 shows a four-year-old girl and her two-year-old brother sleep in a makeshift shelter after losing their home to the cyclone Nargis, near the village of Pyanpon in the southern Irrawaddy Division. Both have been ill with rashes [...]

Photos: ‘Burma: Nargis aftermath, referendum and protests’ Part 1

Photos: ‘Burma: Nargis aftermath,
referendum and protests’ Part 1
M&C

A Myanmar pro-democracy activist displays a replica ballot to vote ‘No’ during a protest against the referendum on a new constitution outside Myanmar embassy in Bangkok, Thailand, 10 May 2008. Myanmar’s military rulers proceeded on May 10, 2008 to hold a referendum intended to cement their political power [...]