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3 Jun 2014

Author:
Associated Press, Irrawaddy (Thailand)

Unilever Banners in Burma Used Extremist Symbol

Consumer products giant Unilever scrambled…to remove advertising banners from shops in western Burma that prominently displayed the symbol of the Buddhist extremist movement blamed for a wave of bloody attacks against minority Muslims…Sher Mazari, external affairs director for the multinational…said the symbol was included in the advertising without the company’s authorization. “We don’t get involved in any political activities,” he said. “We are against discrimination of any form, religion, ethnic, whatsoever, so this was done completely without our knowledge.” Sittwe has been the hotbed for sectarian violence that has killed about 280 people and forced another 140,000 to flee their homes in the last two years. Most of the victims have been stateless Rohingya Muslims chased down by Buddhist mobs…