February 27, 2018
Deputy Minister for Information U Aung Hla Tun met
with Claus Blok Thomsen, Asia correspondent for Danish newspaper Politiken, and
Javaid Ahmad from Kuwait Times, separately, at the office of the Ministry of
Information yesterday.
At the meeting with Thomsen, the Deputy Minister
discussed the terrorist attacks that occurred in Rakhine State and the
programmes undertaken to address the issue, the implementation of Rakhine’s
development plans with guidance from the Rakhine Advisory Board, the misleading
news provided by the international media agencies on the Rakhine State
situation and the pressure from the United Nations, as well as other
international agencies. During the meeting with Ahmad, the Deputy Minister
discussed the repatriation process for returnees from Bangladesh, the false
accusations made by the western media and the condition of free press and
censorship in Myanmar.
Myanmar News Agency
Ref; The Global New Light of Myanmar
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