Union Ministers,Rakhine State Chief Minister tour Maungtaw relief camp

December 21, 2017

Union Minister for the Office of the Union Government U Thaung Tun, Union Minister for Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement Dr. Win Myat Aye, and Rakhine State Chief Minister U Nyi Pu inspected Taung Pyo Letwei Relief Camp in Maungtaw yesterday afternoon. They met the locals and coordinated plans to be carried out in the region.

The Union Ministers and Rakhine State Chief Minister then proceeded to Thit Ton Nar Gwa Sone and Oh Htein villages, where houses are being built for local Myo races and Hindus. They asked the officials concerned how the process was proceeding and coordinated for them to attend to their requirements. The Union Ministers also inspected the houses or those who fled to Bangladesh. They inspected Hla Poe Khaung Village, where repatriated residents could stay temporarily after returning to their native villages.

During the inspection tour, Deputy Minister for Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement U Soe Aung, Permanent Secretary for Labour, Immigration and Population U Myint Kyaing, Police Brig-Gen Mya Win and UNHCR Assistant Representative Ms Cacile Srado were accompanied by the ministers and parties.

According to the pact between the Myanmar and Bangladeshi governments, efforts are being made in order to scrutinise and accept the people who fled to other countries and the process of resettlement will be resumed in the last week of January, 2018, it was learnt. —Myanmar News Agency

Ref; The Global New Light of Myanmar