Red Cross chief urges Myanmar to allow more access to conflict areas

YANGON (Reuters) - The International Committee of the Red Cross has asked Myanmar to let aid workers get access to people caught up in conflicts that have displaced tens of thousands despite a transition that brought Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi to power.

Authorities have blocked the ICRC from areas under the control of ethnic minority forces and from visiting some prisoners, the organisation's president, Peter Maurer, told reporters late on Wednesday in the commercial capital, Yangon.