Bangladesh: US negotiator quits Rohingya crisis panel, says it's “whitewash and a cheerleading operation" for Aung San Suu Kyi

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Bill Richardson castigates Myanmar's leader for blaming outsiders for Rohingya crisis instead of military's actions

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By Anadolu Agency | January 25, 2018

A former U.S. ambassador to the UN on Wednesday resigned from an advisory panel on the Rohingya refugee crisis, calling it a “whitewash and a cheerleading operation" for Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

"It is with great disappointment that I announce my resignation from the Advisory Board on Rakhine State," Bill Richardson, who is also a former New Mexico governor, senior U.S. politician and close friend of Suu Kyi, said in a statement.

"It appears that the Board is likely to become a cheerleading squad for government policy as opposed to proposing genuine policy changes that are desperately needed to assure peace, stability and development in Rakhine State," he added.

The Advisory Board on Rakhine State was set up to implement recommendations regarding the Rohingya, Myanmar's brutally persecuted minority group, that were made by an advisory commission in 2017 led by former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan.
Richardson’s resignation came after he raised the issue of two Reuters journalists who face up to 14 years in prison for allegedly violating the country's colonial-era Officials Secrets Act during a meeting Monday with other members of the board.

He said he was "extremely upset" over her reaction to his request to address the situation of the two journalists "swiftly and fairly".

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