Myanmar says it blew up a cyberscam center near the Thai border, where hundreds of people were forced to defraud others under threat of torture and death. But critics say the crackdown is staged to defuse international anger. | DW News

At least 27 bodies have been recovered after a boat carrying Rohingya refugees fleeing Myanmar sank. The boat which was carrying around 70 migrants capsized off the coast of Malaysia and Thailand. More than 5,000 Rohingyas have embarked on dangerous boat journeys to leave Myanmar and Bangladesh this year - nearly 600 have been reported dead or missing according to the United Nations Refugee Agency. The mostly Muslim Rohingyas have been fleeing persecution from majority Buddhist Myanmar for decad