October 4, 2017
Amyotha Hluttaw Deputy Speaker U Aye Tha Aung delivered aid
and cash assistance to villagers who fled their homes in northern Rakhine after
the 25 August attacks by terrorists.
The delegation led by U Aye Tha Aung have been touring
conflict areas since 30 September, providing bags of rice and cash to villagers
at the IDP camps of Sittway, Punnagyun and Kyauktaw townships and at the
villages in the conflict areas in Buthidaung and Maungtaw townships.
From 30th September to 4th October, more than 3,000 bags of
rice and more than Ks7.5 million have been delivered to the IDPs so far,
according to local authorities. The Tatmadaw and the Myanmar Police Force have
also provided Ks 2.5 million to the local ethnic villages during this visit.
Yesterday, the Amyotha Hluttaw Deputy Speaker U Aye Tha Aung,
donors and the Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement gave words
of encouragement and provided 20 sacks of rice to 43 families in IDP camp of
Lawka Manzain Pagoda (Ordination hall) in Punnagyun Township.
The delegation continued on to the IDP of Maha Kan Gyi Shin
Pagoda in Kyauktaw Township. Fifty-one IDPs families were given words of
encouragements and provided with 21 sacks of rice. The party praised the Maha
Muni pagoda in Kyauktaw Township, for which cash was donated.
The Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement also
provided Ks23.05 million for 2,305 families who remained in their villages,
even though they were attacked by Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA)
extremist terrorists. The respective administrators received the provided cash
on behalf of the villagers.
Win Min Soe(IPRD)
Ref; The
Global New Light of Myanmar
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