Arakan Report Angers Rohingya Leaders

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"RANGOON — Rohingya leaders have reacted angrily to the findings of the official investigation into a wave of brutal violence that hit Arakan State in 2012, slamming the report findings as selective and slanted. Speaking after members of a commission formed last year to investigate the violence presented a summary of their report today in Rangoon, Myo Thant, a Rohingya representative of the Democracy and Human Rights Party, told The Irrawaddy that the report did not present a completely accurate picture of the Arakan situation. ?This report has some good suggestions, but in ways it is biased and incomplete,” he said. Commission members, including former political prisoners Ko Ko Gyi and Maung Thura, better known as Zarganar, launched the summary of the commission?s findings today at the Myanmar Peace Center..."

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"The Irrawaddy"

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2013-04-29

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2013-05-02

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English

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