Seven of family return to Rakhine

Photo: MNA Officials from Taung Pyo Letwe Reception Centre scrutinize and issue National Verification Cards to the displaced persons.

A family of seven displaced persons — four men and three women — returned to Myanmar of their own volition on Saturday and were received at the Taung Pyo Letwe Reception Centre, Maungtaw District, in Rakhine State.

The Taung Pyo Letwe Reception Centre in-charge and officials scrutinized the returnees and issued National Verification Cards to the two women, aged above 10 years, and provided relief to the family.

Deputy director U Soe Tun, in-charge of the Taung Pyo Letwe Reception Centre, sent the returnees to the Hla Pho Khaung Transit Centre, where the camp’s in-charge, director U Soe Shwe Aung, and officials welcomed them. They were also supplied with provisions, including rice, oil, salt, peas, and kitchen utensils.

Afterwards, the returnees were handed over to the authorities at the Alae Than Kyaw Village, their native place.

— District (IPRD) (Translated by Kyaw Zin Tun)