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Aid agency warned to avoid politics in Myanmar

By AA English September 21, 2014 Medical aid group MSF initially expelled after being accused of being biased in favor of area's Muslim community Two months after being re-invited to Myanmar’s violence-torn western Rakhine state, the previously expelled aid agency Medecins Sans Frontieres, or MSF, was warned to avoid political involvement amid many residents’ distrust toward the organization. The aid agency had been expelled from the area in February after it said it had treated people believed to be victims of violence between local Buddhists and the area's Muslim community - a group that the government then accused MSF of being biased in favor of. Citing local sources Sunday, the Bangkok Post newspaper quoted Rakhine’s chief minister Maung Maung Ohme as saying, "MSF should very carefully resume aid operations here and stay away from any movement like lobbying for a group or individuals." On Saturday, the minister had gathered with MSF represen