Local, foreign media continue reporting in Maungtaw

 

A GROUP comprised of local and foreign media toured villages in Maungtaw Township, Rakhine State, yesterday.

First, they visited Inn-din Village and collected information on terrorist attacks that happened in the village.

After the visit, they met with local authorities at the General Administration Office in Maungtaw and Maungtaw District Deputy Administrator U Ye Htoo briefed about the efforts for repatriation and resettlement for returnees, peace and stability and development in the region.

At the meeting, the journalists interviewed the authorities.

In the afternoon, the media group visited the village of Shwezar where the two different communities are living in peaceful coexistence.

At the meeting with the villagers of Shwezar, the journalists interviewed about their situation, including current livelihood and getting National Verification Cards.

In the evening, the media group interviewed a family which returned from Bangladesh on 4 September.

The media delegation comprised of journalists from Nikkei Shimbun, NHK, Nippon TV, CRI, CNN, The Guardian Newspaper, The Washington Post, CBC, MRTV, MITV, MNA and Arte Television.

The local and foreign journalists groups visited Rakhine State for 26 times after the terrorist attacks in October 2016.

They visited the conflict areas one time in 2016, eight times in 2017 and 17 times in 2018.

Thura Zaw, Thet Lwin Soe (IPRD)

Photo – MNA

Ref : The Global New Light of Myanmar