Thai Navy due to end Rohingya mission

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 2015
Thai Navy due to end Rohingya mission

Bangkok (dpa) - A two-week mission by the Thai navy to provide humanitarian assistance to Rohingya refugees is due to end Wednesday, officials confirmed.

The amphibious assault vessel HTMS Ang-Thong, currently serving as a command and control ship in the Andaman sea, will end her mission unless given new orders, Navy spokesman Captain Benjamaporn Wongnakornsawang said.
The Ang-Thong was deployed two weeks ago to help Rohingya refugees from Myanmar, who were trying to make their way by boat to Indonesia and Malaysia, often with Thailand as a transit point.