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- Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said Myanmar had agreed to accept 5,000 Rohingya asylum seekers from Malaysia.
- UNHCR records showed about 126,000 Rohingya were registered in Malaysia at the end of February.
- Myanmar’s presidential office had not responded by Thursday to Anwar’s statement, according to the report.
- The International Organization for Migration estimates that roughly 300,000 people from more than 80 countries are exploited in Asian scam compounds.
- Amy Pope said fraudulent job advertisements lure recruits before their documents are confiscated and they are forced to conduct online fraud.
- Myanmar’s military-backed parliament approved penalties, including execution, for using violence or coercion to force people into online scams.