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The food flotilla is taking
along 2,300 tonnes of food,
medicines, daily essential goods, clothes and
blankets,
and is expected to sail the Andaman Sea for 18 days to
reach Yangon
and a Rohingya refugee
camp in Bangladesh. - Filepic
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February 07, 2017 16:17 MYT
ON BOARD THE FLOTILLA: As the voyage of a food flotilla
to Myanmar in aid of the Rohingya community entered its fifth day Tuesday, a
Myanmar Navy ship came close to the 'Nautical Aliya' vessel heading for Yangon.
The naval vessel came within the radar range of the
Nautical Aliya, which is leading the "Food Flotilla for Myanmar', at about
11.30am and came close at about noon.
All the 195 volunteers on board the Nautical Aliya were
advised to remain in their cabins as the captain, Mohd Firdaus Faisal Mohamad,
42, tried to establish contact with the naval ship.
It was learnt that the naval vessel wanted to verify the
identity of the Nautical Aliya which was heading towards Yangon.
The head of the humanitarian mission, Datuk Seri Abdul
Azeez Abdul Rahim, said he related the incident to Defence Minister Datuk Seri
Hishammuddin Tun Hussein and Chief of Navy Admiral Tan Sri Ahmad Kamarulzaman
Ahmad Badaruddin.
The food flotilla is taking along 2,300 tonnes of food,
medicines, daily essential goods, clothes and blankets, and is expected to sail
the Andaman Sea for 18 days to reach Yangon and a Rohingya refugee camp in
Bangladesh.
The 'Food Flotilla for Myanmar' has been organised by the
Putera 1Malaysia Club and the Malaysian Consultative Council for Islamic
Organisations.
Volunteers from 12 countries on board comprise medical
teams, educationists, Malaysian and international journalists as well as
representatives of Malaysian and foreign NGOs. – BERNAMA