Philanthropist and investor George Soros warned Thursday that ethnic tensions and a lack of tolerance threaten economic and political progress in Myanmar, a country to which Soros has devoted more than two decades of attention and philanthropy. “Ethnic and religious tensions … are the most disturbing part of the process of reform in Myanmar,” Soros said at Asia Society in New York. Tolerance towards marginalized groups such as the Rohingya Muslims, he added, “may determine the legacy of (President) Thein Sein.”
Overall Soros praised Myanmar for its early steps toward democracy and economic reform. He called his own efforts in that …read more
Source: The Huffington Post
