As I was looking up the Giles case, I found this other post on the New Mandala blog about the Burmese Consul General in Hong Kong's response to an opinion piece about the Rohingya. The Burmese Consulate's letter certainly looks legitimate, but it's hard to believe that a diplomat in this day would write something like this. So I googled a phrase from the letter. There were only six hits. But one is the Bangkok Post.
The rest are blogs. I guess this one is called A Bit More Detail. It cites the whole letter as does Normblog.
With this warning to readers to read this with some skepticism until there is more confirmation, here's an excerpt from the alleged letter:
In reality, Rohingya are neither "Myanmar People" nor Myanmar's ethnic group. You will see in the photos that their complexion is "dark brown". The complexion of Myanmar people is fair and soft, good looking as well. (My complexion is a typical genuine one of a Myanmar gentleman and you will accept that how handsome your colleague Mr. Ye is.) It is quite different from what you have seen and read in the papers. (They are as ugly as ogres.)
New Mandela has a link to what, if it is genuine, is a copy of the letter from the Burmese Consul as well as the opinion piece that seems to have triggered the letter.
If this is true, it needs to be spread so people see what is happening. If it isn't, then the attention should expose it as a fraud.
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