Suu Kyi pushes for investment in Myanmar as Rohingya crisis deepens

Bangkok

AUNG San Suu Kyi's government in Myanmar is moving to attract more foreign investment as a refugee crisis makes companies wary of setting up shop in the South-east Asian nation.

Two laws set to take effect by June will make it easier for foreign companies to put money in Myanmar, a nation with one of South-east Asia's highest growth rates. The moves are part of efforts to revamp Myanmar's image among investors, which has suffered of late after a transition to democracy led to a surge in global interest.

Ms Suu Kyi, a former political prisoner and Nobel laureate, swept to power last year promising a change of course in a nation where the military ran the government for decades. Yet while former US president Barack Obama in October lift…