BANGKOK: Myanmar’s parliament has approved a budget of about US$15mil (RM59mil) for the construction of a fence and related projects along the border with Bangladesh in Rakhine State, from which about 700,000 members of its persecuted ethnic Rohingya Muslim minority have fled violence since last August.
Lawmaker Myo Zaw Aung said on Friday the budget was proposed by the Home Affairs Ministry, the Defence Ministry and the Border Affairs Ministry, which are all controlled by the military.
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