Rana Plaza symbol of greed: Mozena

US Ambassador Dan Mozena has said Rana Plaza that collapsed in April and killed more than 1100 people is now known as “a symbol of greed, corruption, and land grabbing from minorities”.

Senior Correspondentbdnews24.com
Published : 22 August 2013, 02:44 PM
Updated : 22 August 2013, 04:27 PM

He said the owner built the nine-storey bloc grabbing land from a Hindu family.

Mozena was speaking at an inter-faith dialogue on religion for peace and tolerance on Thursday.

He cited recent attacks on minorities in Bangladesh and said in his view “this violence is seldom, if ever, about religion”.

“Rather, it is about the pursuit of power, the pursuit of financial gain as cheap politicians and greedy land grabbers seek to advance their own selfish interests by creating and manipulating friction in the guise of religion to their own benefit”.

The Ambassador called upon all to reject “these cheap politicians and land grabbers”.