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MYANMAR: Food aid "impounded" as selective approach from government dismays aid workers
irinnews.org May 9, 2008
BANGKOK, 9 May 2008 (IRIN) - Aid workers are dismayed at the limited and selective access provided to foreign relief in Myanmar. WFP suspended its limited air cargo deliveries on 9 May, after two loads of food aid were impounded in Yangon, according to Reuters.
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