Myanmar has released over 4,500 prisoners, including former President Win Myint, as part of a New Year amnesty announced by the military-led government. It remains unclear whether political prisoners, including Aung San Suu Kyi, will also be freed

The UN high commissioner for refugees and the International Organisation for Migration in a joint statement said that the trawler departed from Teknaf in the southern Bangladeshi district of Cox's Bazar carrying a large number of passengers to Malaysia