A Malaysian NGO's aid ship carrying food and emergency supplies for Rohingya Muslims arrives at the Thilawa port in Yangon on Thursday. Organisers of the aid shipment say they trust the Myanmar government to deliver the supplies as promised despite its record of discrimination. Most do not have citizenship and are regarded as illegal immigrants from Bangladesh, even when their families have lived in Myanmar's Rakhine state for generations. The government has denied abuses and has blocked independent journalists and aid workers from visiting the military's operation zone in Rakhine. On Thursday, dozens of Buddhist monks protested outside the port where the aid ship arrived, denying that the ethnic group Rohingya even exists.

Source: Bangkok Post February 09, 2017 10:41 UTC