Now, the food supply appears to be another weapon that's being used against the dwindling numbers of Rohingya in Myanmar. Repeated calls to Myanmar's military weren't answered, but the Myanmar government denies ethnic cleansing and says it is battling terrorists. Social Welfare Minister Win Myat Aye says the government has been distributing food aid to as many people as possible. He says the military and his neighbors took Rohingya rice paddies and rice stockpiles. In this war on food, rice paddies are a major battlefield.

Source: Bangkok Post February 08, 2018 20:15 UTC