A GROUP of local and foreign media-persons visited the Hla Pho Khaung Transit Centre in Maungtaw yesterday.
The media-persons flew from Yangon to Sittway yesterday morning and proceeded to Maungtaw through Angumaw by car.
In the afternoon, the group met with Maungtaw Deputy District Administrator U Ye Htoo. During the meeting, U Ye Htoo answered questions raised by the media.
Then, they went to Hla Pho Khaung and the camp’s incharge and the Director of the Department of General Administration, U Soe Shwe Aung, answered their questions.
The group included media-persons from Courrier Japon, Nishinipon Shimbun, Nippon TV, VOA, BBC, MRTV, MITV, MIR, and MNA.
This is the 34th visit by media-persons to Maungtaw. They have visited once in 2016, eight times in 2017, 20 times in 2018, and five times so far in 2019.
MNA
(Translated by Alphonsus)
