The state-run Global New Light of Myanmar victims of Thursday’s boat tragedy. More than a hundred Rohingya drowned trying to cross the Naf river that divides Myanmar and Bangladesh as they fled burning villages, reportedly set alight by soldiers and Buddhist groups. “We are deeply disturbed by what’s going on in Rakhine state in Myanmar,” Bishop told ABC TV. On Saturday, a portrait of Suu Kyi at the Oxford College where she studied was taken down and put in storage. A statement from St Hugh’s College did not say if the removal was linked to the ongoing crisis for the Rohingya in Rakhine state.

Source: Egypt Independent October 01, 2017 09:33 UTC