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operation". They, alongside other
Burmese activists and organisations, have stated that only the military junta had a motive to abduct Thuzar Maung, with anonymous sources claiming that her support of the National Unity Government had made her and her family a target. The National Unity Government released a statement following Thuzar Maung's disappearance praising her work supporting Burmese Muslim refugees in Malaysia, and called on the government there to act without delay to find her.
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Thuzar Maung often worked with the UNRA to support
Burmese refugees living in Malaysia in accessing essential support and services. She was the chair of the Myanmar Muslim Refugee Community, as well as the Myanmar Migrant Workers Committee. She had previously raised concerns around the validity and
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On 18 July 2023, the
Malaysian government announced an official investigation into the family's disappearance was being launched. In September 2023, a police investigator stated that upon reviewing the CCTV footage, that the family's departure from their home appeared to be "voluntary", suggesting
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Human Rights Watch, who reported having seen the footage of the family's disappearance, described it as an "abduction", and believed that at least one of the perpetrators may have been linked to the
Malaysian government, due to the "meticulous" nature of the abduction appearing to be a "planned
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767:"ဇူလိုင် ၁၇ ရက်ထိပ်တန်းသတင်းများ - ထိုင်းဘက်ကို တိမ်းရှောင်တဲ့ ကရင်နီစစ်ရှောင် ၉ ထောင်ကျော်ရှိလာ"
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