Aid flotilla for Rohingya in Myanmar to set sail in January


  • Nation
  • Tuesday, 27 Dec 2016

Rohingya migrants pass food supplies dropped by a Thai army helicopter to others aboard a boat drifting in Thai waters off the southern island of Koh Lipe in the Andaman sea on May 14, 2015. - AFP

PETALING JAYA: A "Food Flotilla" will depart from Malaysia for the Rakhine state in Myanmar in January.

The flotilla is expected deliver almost 200 tonnes of rice, medical aid and other essential supplies to the state that fronts the Bay of Bengal.

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