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May Wong

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Hong Kong Senior Correspondent @ChannelNewsAsia (Formerly based in Thailand & Myanmar)

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#Myanmar #Rakhine #Rohingyas who fled last Aug attacks & housed in #Bangladesh #refugee camps continue to live a life of uncertainty 1 year on. Some fear they may not be able to return to Myanmar and will end up indefinitely as a refugee in Cox's Bazar channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/one-…


#HongKong Chief Executive John Lee's policy speech report marks the official start of my coverage in a new city. I'm now based in Hong Kong & will be bringing you all of #WhatsHappeningInHongKong. facebook.com/share/v/fhVobd…


#Thailand tries to make yet another attempt to broker talks to help resolve #Myanmarcoup crisis. Previous efforts have failed. Into its 4th year, coup has caused widespread & protracted violent conflicts that have killed >5700 according to @aapp_burma #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

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Yesterday (8 Oct 2024), I formally proposed at the AMM in Vientiane that Thailand is ready to host an Extended Informal Consultation on the situation in Myanmar in mid-December of this year, following consultations with the Lao PDR as ASEAN Chair. Today, (9 Oct 2024), Prime…

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ASEAN holds summit in Laos as Thailand floats new plan for Myanmar crisis reut.rs/3Y5NzpE

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Forensic investigators have started collecting evidence from the ill-fated double-decked coach that caught fire today, killing 22 school students and three teachers. Officials were seen erecting temporary screens around the wreckage, to facilitate the forensic work, which will…

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Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra today visited PatRangsit Hospital to see three schoolchildren who were seriously injured in a blaze on their coach. The three are in the intensive care unit. The premier, a mother of two young children, appeared at the hospital with red…

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Concerns mounting over whereabouts of arrested #Cambodia journalist @MechDara1 Real reason for arrest unclear but he has done many sensitive stories which challenged government. @Reaproy calls arrest over social media post "both outrageous & unacceptable" apnews.com/article/press-…

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Award-winning Cambodian journalist Mech Dara, known for reporting on trafficking and cyberscam compounds, was arrested Monday in the country's southwest, according to rights groups and a journalists' association. His whereabouts remain unknown. #Cambodia rfa.org/english/news/c…



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Award-winning Cambodian journalist Mech Dara, known for reporting on trafficking and cyberscam compounds, was arrested Monday in the country's southwest, according to rights groups and a journalists' association. His whereabouts remain unknown. #Cambodia rfa.org/english/news/c…


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Finance Minister Pichai Chunhavajira has revealed that 14.2 million vulnerable and disabled Thais will receive their 10,000 baht cash benefit from the digital wallet scheme on September 25, funded by the 140 billion baht supplementary budget for the 2024 fiscal year. Read more:…

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Many areas of Chiang Rai’s Mae Sai district remain flooded today, with some villagers in Koh Sai community still stranded in their homes. Cars are still not allowed to pass through the Thai-Myanmar border checkpoint due to the flooding situation. #ThaiPBSWorld #ThailandNews

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In ongoing deteriorating #Myanmar humanitarian crisis, @ICRCPresident makes 1st visit there since becoming @ICRC chief in 2022. She urged "greater access to conflict-affected area". But #military chief uses meeting to claim it's abiding Geneva Convention #WhatsHappeninglnMyanmar

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.@UN #IIMM chief updates @UN_HRC #HRC57 of brutal attacks in #Myanmar, urging @ASEAN to help "collect evidence of the very worst violence being committed" & "end this downward cycle of impunity". Yet #ASEAN defence chiefs just met iimm.un.org/statement-at-t… #WhatsHappeninglnMyanmar

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Nicholas Koumjian, head of the International Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar, updated the @UN Human Rights Council. "The intensity of warfare across #Myanmar has escalated," he told #HRC57. He called for States to help end the "cycle of impunity" for crimes committed there.



#Myanmar civilian @NUGMyanmar labels #militarycoup regime as "terrorists" & "enemy of the state & the people". This as regime has committed treason & daily war crimes since launching Feb 2021 coup. Adds anyone working with regime also guilty of treason #WhatsHappeninglnMyanmar

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#Thailand's new cabinet chosen by PM @ingshin, who was just voted by MPs as new premier some 2 weeks ago. She took over from @Thavisin after court dismissed him over ethical breach. This new cabinet sees inclusion of @democratTH who now joins as coalition after @pprpthailand out

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Thailand's king endorses PM Paetongtarn Shinawatra's new cabinet reut.rs/4cMZyh2

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As new #Thailand replacement @PPLEThai of dissolved @MFPThai moves forward continuing to make presence felt among citizens, banned politician @Pita_MFP begins new chapter in @Harvard with aim to "strategize a revitalized playbook for democrats" for "eventual re-emergence" #พิธา

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📣เวทีปราศรัยใหญ่ อบจ. ราชบุรี 📣 🎆งานนี้ต้องแกรนด์! ปังเวอร์! ทำถึง! เอาให้โฮ่ง!!! 🗣️ ศุกร์ที่ 30 สิงหาคมนี้ 😏กลับบ้านมาฟังปราศรัย แล้วจำให้ขึ้นใจ 1 กันยา กาเบอร์ 1 🕠 เวลา 17:30 น. เป็นต้นไป ที่ ตลาดบ้านโป่ง g.co/kgs/kgWNhBM  👯พบกับ👯‍♂️ กรุณพล เทียนสุวรรณ ณัฐชา…

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With daughter of @ThaksinLive, @ingshin as #Thailand PM now, ties with neighbouring #Cambodia (with its own political dynasty) strengthening as 2 families meet. Cambodia's PM @Dr_Hunmanet_PM is son of ex-PM #HunSen. Cambodia was also 1st foreign leader to congratulate new Thai PM

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#US remembers 7th anniversary of #Myanmar #Rohingya #genocide Aug 25 & that "ongoing humanitarian crisis & human rights abuses in Burma exacerbate difficulties faced" by many. Myanmar remains under #militarycoup since Feb 2021. state.gov/burma-genocide/ #WhatsHappeninglnMyanmar

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Today marks the seventh anniversary of the Burma military’s genocide and crimes against humanity targeting Rohingya. The United States continues to honor the victims and stand with the survivors as they seek justice and accountability for these atrocities.



In addition to #Myanmar #military committing #humanrights atrocities, @UNHumanRights chief @volker_turk also calls out #ArakanArmy for its #Rakhine violations saying "Arakan Army (also) bear direct responsibility for the human tragedy that is unfolding" #WhatsHappeninglnMyanmar

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#Thailand @MFPThai's @Pita_MFP, politically banned 10 yrs while his party dissolved, is bidding farewell to politics for now as he assumes visiting democracy fellow role at @Harvard Says this'll prepare him "to return as a better political leader when the time is right"

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