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akarta: The Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) says it will continue building solidarity with Rohingya refugees in Myanmar through humanitarian NGOs.

“The PKS is doing its best [to help Myanmar’s refugees] not only through a parliamentary delegation but by bolstering solidarity among humanitarian NGOs. We hope we can obtain direct access to the victims,” PKS legislator Hidayat Nur Wahid was quoted by Suryama M. Sastra, an expert on the staff of the social affairs minister, as saying in Yangon on Sunday.

Suryama, together with staff member Sapto Waluyo, joined the legislators’ delegation of the PKS faction of the House of Representatives to Myanmar.

The Indonesian delegation was received by Myanmarese Minister for Social Assistance and Resettlement Affairs U Aung Kyi, Antara news agency reported.

Minister U Aung Kyi told Nur Wahid that the Myanmarese government had responded quickly to safeguard the victims of conflict in Rakhine State.

According to the Myanmarese government, about 64,000 refugees are
being accommodated in 61 camps in Sittwe and Maungdaw as a result of
the conflict early last June.

A total of 88 people were killed, consisting of 57 Rohingya Muslims and 31 Rakhine Buddhists. A total of 87 people were injured and 4,800 buildings were destroyed.