Myanmar suspends U.N. access to cyclone-hit Rakhine region

Halt of aid seen bringing more suffering to people, including Rohingya

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Staffers of the World Food Programme distribute food in cyclone-affected areas in Rakhine, Myanmar, in mid-May. (Photo coutesy of WFP)

Nikkei staff writers

BANGKOK -- Myanmar's military government has suspended aid access to a region devastated by Cyclone Mocha, a United Nations aid agency said on Tuesday, in a blow to more than a million people in need of humanitarian assistance.

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