· March, 2009

Stories about Myanmar (Burma) from March, 2009

Myanmar envoy: Rohingyas “are as ugly as ogres”

  4 March 2009

beyond skin mentions some of the hilarious and racist statements issued by the Thai and Myanmar governments about the status of the Rohingya refugees. For instance, a Myanmar envoy described the Rohingyas as “ugly as ogres.”

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