KUALA LUMPUR - MALAYSIA'S prime minister on Friday vowed to investigate a scathing report by US lawmakers saying thousands of Myanmar refugees were handed over to human traffickers and ended up working in Thai brothels.
YANGON - MYANMAR and Thailand signed an agreement on Friday to combat human trafficking, especially of women and children, in the first such pact between the neighbouring countries, a statement said.
BANGKOK - THAI protesters who led riots in Bangkok last week called for a new rally this weekend, just hours after the prime minister lifted an emergency decree and said the country had return to normal on Friday.
The renewed call for protest followed a special parliamentary session that sought to heal the political divide between supporters and opponents of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. But the two marathon sessions were dominated by partisan bickering over who was to blame for the violence and did little to resolve the deepening crisis.
