Myanmar Social Welfare Minister Win Myat Aye, second from left, receives aid from Malaysian officials after a Malaysian ship arrived at Thilawa port in Yangon, Myanmar, Thursday. (AP photo)A Malaysian ship carrying more than 2,000 tons of aid supplies for the Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar's troubled Rakhine State arrived in Yangon on Thursday. Myanmar earlier rejected the Malaysian organizations' proposal to deliver the aid directly to a port in Rakhine, but it later agreed to let their ship dock in Yangon. "The government will spare no effort to take legal action against any perpetrators if there is clear evidence of human rights abuses," the Foreign Ministry said in a statement. The Foreign Ministry said the security forces "have been instructed to act within the parameters of rule of law in compliance with human rights refraining from use or excessive force."

Source: Bangkok Post February 10, 2017 03:00 UTC