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Bangkok, Thailand – Singapore has responded to United Nations pressure by cracking down on sales of weapons through its territory to Myanmar, delivering a serious blow to the embattled generals, who seized power in a coup more than three years ago.

Thomas Andrews, the UN special rapporteur on the human rights situation in Myanmar, told Al Jazeera that the city state’s government “immediately responded” to his 2023 report that found Singapore-based entities had become the third largest source of weapons materials to the military and were “critical” to its weapons procurement.

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Exodus to Thailand continues after fall of key Myanmar border town as Thailand toil their story about anti-junta resistance won  their fight and gaining strength.


Military personnel stands guard, as 200 Myanmar military personnel withdrew to a bridge to Thai on Thursday after a assault by anti-junta resistance, won control critical border town of Myawaddy, the latest in a string of rebel wins, near the Thai-Myanmar border in Mae Sot, Tak province, Thailand, on Apr 11, 2024.

The loss of town robs junta, already grappling with an economy in free fall, of vital earnings from border trade while strengthening rebel groups such as Karen National Union (KNU) that led the assault on Myawaddy, analysts say.
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