IN FOCUS: As Putrajaya and Bangkok warm up to Naypyidaw, Myanmar refugees fear being sent home
- KUALA LUMPUR/BANGKOK: Nearly 20 years ago, 54-year-old Mohamed Sadek fled Rakhine State in western Myanmar to Malaysia, desperate to escape possible persecution and violence.
- Three years ago, 39-year-old Lele Khine was forced to make the same decision.
- She fled Myanmar's southernmost region of Tanintharyi, trading everything she knew for the life of a refugee in Thailand.
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- KUALA LUMPUR/BANGKOK: Nearly 20 years ago, 54-year-old Mohamed Sadek fled Rakhine State in western Myanmar to Malaysia, desperate to escape possible persecution and violence.
- Three years ago, 39-year-old Lele Khine was forced to make the same decision.
- She fled Myanmar's southernmost region of Tanintharyi, trading everything she knew for the life of a refugee in Thailand.
Sources: CNA