Myanmar Leader to Visit Malaysia After Migrant Returns Begin
The talks follow Malaysia’s return of nearly 1,500 Myanmar nationals and a plan to repatriate about 5,000 people, officials said.
- On Tuesday, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim announced Myanmar President Min Aung Hlaing will visit Malaysia in the "next few days" to discuss refugee solutions and repatriations.
- Malaysia plans to return about 5,000 Myanmar nationals while hosting more than 215,000 refugees, including more than 126,000 Rohingya, amid reports of "growing hostility, discriminatory rhetoric and online attacks" against them.
- A group of nearly 1,500 returnees arrived in Myanmar on Sunday, contributing to nearly 10,000 repatriations this year, while UN rights chief Volker Turk warned against returning people to a country with "egregious human rights violations and abuses."
- Anwar emphasized that while he welcomes returns, "We can accept Myanmar, but they must accept back," demanding they "guarantee proper treatment to their own people" to prevent abuse.
- This visit serves as a diplomatic push for legitimacy by Min Aung Hlaing following his 2021 coup, a move complicated by ASEAN's exclusion of Myanmar from high-level meetings and a civil war that has killed more than 100,000 people.
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Myanmar's military-backed leader seeks closer ties on visit to Malaysia as he pivots to diplomacy
Myanmar's military-backed leader, Min Aung Hlaing, is focusing on diplomacy and bilateral cooperation during his visit to Malaysia. This is his first visit since becoming president earlier this year after a much-criticized election. He met with Malaysia's Prime Minister Anwar…
Kuala Lumpur, Oct 8 (EFE).- Malaysia's Prime Minister, Anwar Ibrahim, said Thursday that his government will do its utmost to get Burma (Myanmar) to be accepted back into the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), which excluded it from the highest-level forums since the military coup of February [...] The entry Malaysia promises to do "everything" for Burma to be welcomed "without prejudice" in ASEAN was first published in HolaNews.
Myanmar’s Min Aung Hlaing visits Malaysia
By AP and ReutersOct 7, 2026Myanmar leader Min Aung Hlaing arrives in Malaysia for his first visit since the 2021 coup, as deportations of Myanmar nationals draw concerns from the UN and rights groups.Myanmar’s military leader-turned-president has arrived in Malaysia for talks with Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, as Kuala Lumpur seeks his cooperation to send back thousands of Myanmar nationals.Min Aung Hlaing touched down at Kuala Lumpur internati…
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