A filepic showing labourers unloading sacks of rice from a ship at a jetty in Yangon, on Feb 3, 2021. Thailand’s army has denied supplying rice to units of Myanmar’s armed forces. - AFP
BANGKOK, March 21 (Reuters): Thailand’s army has denied supplying rice to units of Myanmar’s armed forces and announced on Saturday (March 20) any food being sent over the border was part of normal trade.
Myanmar's military is facing international condemnation over a Feb 1 coup and bloody crackdowns on protests against military rule in which nearly 250 people have been killed.
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