Burma to help Thailand on Rohingyas : Gen Songkitti

Gen Songkitti, who has returned from Burma, said that he met Burma's Vice Chairman of the ruling State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) and Army Chief Deputy Senior General Muang Aye and had discussed the rohingya problem.

He said that Gen Muang Mye had accepted Thailand's request to help address the rohingya issue even though the rohingya ethnic group was not on the official list of 120 ethnic minorities in Burma.

Initially, however, he indicated that Burma would cooperate by preventing the rohingya from approaching Thai territory.

 Royal Thai Navy has been under criticism after international media reported claims that the Thai armed forces had mistreated the Rohingyas.