Friday May 9, 2008 MYT 8:35:35 PM
UN says Myanmar junta has seized all aid material
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP): A UN official says Myanmar's junta has seized all the food and equipment that the World Food Program had flown into the country for cyclone victims.
He says the WFP "has no choice'' but to suspend further aid shipments until the matter is resolved.
WFP spokesman Paul Risley said Friday that all "the food aid and equipment that we managed to get in has been confiscated.''
The shipment included 38 tons of high-energy biscuits.
Risley said it is not clear why the material was seized. It was also not clear if the shipment seized was the one that was flown in Thursday or another one.
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