The United Nations food aid agency withdrew a critical report revealing desperate hunger among the persecuted Rohingya population after the Myanmar government demanded it be taken down, the Guardian has learned. The report should not be cited in any way, the statement added. The issue exploded on 25 August when Rohingya insurgents attacked security forces, who responded with a severe counteroffensive. A consultant who has worked with the UN’s Myanmar office including WFP said the agency’s in-country team were already extremely nervous about the report getting too much attention. And alarmingly, the assessment pointed to widespread accounts of security forces preventing Rohingya from reach markets and their crops.

Source: The Guardian October 17, 2017 02:48 UTC