Indonesian Aid for Rohingya Refugees

Kompas/Wisnu Widiantoro

Sacks of rice aid for Rohingya refugees on the border between Myanmar and Bangladesh are ready to be loaded onto a Hercules cargo plane of the Indonesian Air Force (TNI AU) at Halim Perdanakusuma Airport in Jakarta, Wednesday (13/9). President Joko Widodo witnessed the departure that day of four TNI AU aircraft transporting 34 tons of humanitarian aid to Rohyingya refugees.

BANDA ACEH, KOMPAS — After a one-night stopover, Indonesian aid for Rakhine residents in Bangladesh was flown from Banda Aceh to Chittagong, Bangladesh, on Thursday (14/9). Indonesian Humanitarian Task Force commander First Marshal Nanang Santoso said the aid was transported via four Indonesian Air Force’s C-130 Hercules aircraft in two stages.

Two aircraft took off at 6 a.m., followed by two others three hours later. The delivery was made in two stages given the limited capacity of the Chittagong airport.