Burma blasts donors for failing to live up to aid commitments

BURMA’S ruling junta lashed out yesterday at aid donors who promised millions of dollars for cyclone relief, saying survivors didn’t need “bars of chocolate“.

State-run media criticised donors for only pledging up to $150 million (€96.8m) — a far cry from the $11bn the junta said it needed to rebuild.

The Myanma Ahlin newspaper, a government mouthpiece, said cyclone victims from the hardest-hit areas could get by without foreign handouts.