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\nMyanmar-UN Envoy
\nUN envoy to make eighth visit to Myanmar in August
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UN envoy to visit Myanmar again<\/p>\n
MYANMAR: UN envoy Razali Ismail will visit Myanmar in early
\nAugust, his first trip to the military-ruled country since the
\nrelease of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi two months ago, a
\nUN official said on Sunday.<\/p>\n
\"Mr. Razali is scheduled to visit here in the first week of
\nAugust and has tentatively fixed the date for August 2,\" the
\nofficial said on the condition of anonymity.<\/p>\n
It will be the eighth visit to Myanmar by the Malaysian
\ndiplomat, who was appointed a special envoy of the UN secretary
\ngeneral two years ago and was instrumental in starting closed-
\ndoor reconciliation talks between the junta and Suu Kyi that
\nbegan in October 2000.<\/p>\n
After his seventh visit to Myanmar at the end of April, Razali
\nwas unusually upbeat, telling diplomats and reporters that some
\n\"concrete progress\" would be made soon.<\/p>\n
Soon after the envoy's departure, on May 6, Suu Kyi was
\nreleased unconditionally from 19 months' house arrest. -- AP<\/p>\n
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\nMalaysia-theft
\nMalaysians told to 'whack' snatch thieves after Indonesian's deat
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Malaysians told to 'whack' snatch thieves<\/p>\n
MALAYSIA: A Malaysian lawmaker has urged the public to help catch
\nsnatch thieves and \"whack them blue black\" after an incident that
\nled to the death of an Indonesian woman.<\/p>\n
But a non-governmental organization protested on Sunday,
\nsaying violence was not the solution and could affect Malaysia's
\ntourism image.<\/p>\n
Kee Phaik Cheen, who heads the culture, arts, tourism and
\nwomen committee on the northern island of Penang, has urged
\nPenangites to give snatch thieves a good beating to teach them a
\nlesson.<\/p>\n
The call followed the recent death of a 62-year-old Indonesian
\nwoman who fell and hit her head after her handbag was snatched by
\na thief in the city, a popular tourism spot.<\/p>\n
\"We must 'kah si' (the Hokkien dialect term for teach) these
\nsnatch thieves by whacking them blue black before handing them
\nover to the police,\" Kee said.<\/p>\n
\"We must put a stop to snatch thieves which kick sand into our
\ntourism rice bowl.\" -- AFP<\/p>",
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