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The upcoming visit will be her third trip to Malaysia, but first as the de facto head of the new National League for Democracy government. U Zaw Htay, spokesperson for the state counsellor and the President’s Office, told The Myanmar Times yesterday that two bilateral agreements are expected to be on the table for Myanmar migrant workers. “Both governments’ officials are still arranging the [exact] date and the labour ministry will arrange the trip,” he said. “The two labour ministers will be signing the memorandums of understanding.” Daw Aung San Suu Kyi met with Myanmar migrant workers on the first day of her trip to Thailand last month. Labour ministers of both countries signed two agreements and one memorandum of understanding, covering employment, labour cooperation and border crossing, during her three-day trip in Thailand. Myanmar migrant workers in Malaysia welcomed the news of the state counsellor’s upcoming visit. U Thiha Maung Maung, the head of a group that supports Myanmar’s prominent cleric Sitagu Sayadaw, said that the state counsellor’s trip will improve the migrant workers’ situation as it will allow her to see their problems firsthand. “Legal workers must get their rights and illegal workers must be allowed to become legal workers,” he said. “I believe our state counsellor’s trip will give us that opportunity. Malaysia’s government will care about us after her trip. We believe that.” Ko Kyaw Zay Lwin, chair of the Joho Yadana Setka Free Funeral Service Organisation, said that the Myanmar embassy in Kuala Lumpur had met with about 50 Myanmar civil society organisations in the past to form a committee to protect the rights of Myanmar citizens. Despite all the meetings, the embassy has yet to approve the proposed taskforce. “We are always facing oppression because the old [Myanmar] government took no steps to protect our rights,” he said. “The new government won’t be like that. We trust the new government to protect our rights.” While paling in comparison to the millions in Thailand, there are an estimated 500,000 to 700,000 Myanmar migrant workers living in Malaysia, most of them without legal documents. “Thousands of Myanmar migrants released from prison have been living in detention camps for years, unable to return to Myanmar without assistance,” Ko Kyaw Zay Lwin said. “The state counsellor’s trip will change that.”
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Malaysia, National League for Democracy Government, Myanmar Times, migrant workers, labour ministry,employment, labour cooperation, border crossing, Thailand
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