People wearing face shields and face masks to prevent the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus queue to vote at a polling station in Rakhine state on Nov 8, 2020. - AFP
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 12 (Bernama): The root cause of the crisis in Myanmar’s Rakhine state must be addressed as there have been spillover effects, namely involving the internally displaced people (IDPs), irregular movement of people from the state, and their influx into neighbouring countries seeking refuge with Malaysia being the major recipient country in South-East Asia, said Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.
The prime minister, in his intervention at the 37th Asean Summit plenary session today, said the crisis in the Rakhine State requires in-depth and forthright discourse among the ASEAN member states.
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