January 28, 2025
KUALA LUMPUR – AS the Myanmar crisis approaches its fourth year, everyone is asking if Malaysia, a founding member of the group that has taken over the chairmanship, can really do anything to end the violence that has claimed 5,350 lives and displaced 3.3 million people.
It’s not just the scale of the destruction that has caused some to label the latest Myanmar civil war as “Asean’s Gaza”. It has created a refugee crisis for Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, and even Bangladesh.
The breakdown of law and order in its border areas has allowed criminal gangs to set up scam farms that have ensnared thousands, including Malaysians, where they are forced to scam…