A powerful ethnic party has denounced Myanmar’s government - led by Nobel Peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi - for its suggestion of a new term to describe a stateless Muslim community in troubled western Rakhine state.
The Arakan National Party (ANP) said in a statement Tuesday that the government had presented a proposal last week to the 32nd session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva that “Muslim community in Rakhine state” should be used instead of the controversial terms “Rohingya” or “Bengali”.
The ANP, which won the majority of seats in Rakhine in last year’s general election, said it was totally unacceptable to use the new term to describe the “Bengali” - a term suggesting Rohingya Muslims are illegal immigrants from neighboring country Bangladesh. (Courtesy of aa.com.tr)
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