Daily Mail

LEEDS TOUR SPARKS FURY

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LEEDS UNITED’S decision to announce a postseason tour of Myanmar, as revealed by

Sportsmail, has been branded ‘disgracefu­l’. The South East Asian country, formerly called Burma, has been accused by the United Nations of ethnic cleansing and human rights abuses against the Muslim Rohingya minority. The organisati­on representi­ng the Rohingya community in the UK released a statement calling the decision ‘disgracefu­l’ and adding: ‘Leeds are going to play football on the grounds soaked in the blood of innocent Rohingya children, women and older people.’

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