It began when Richardson quit an international advisory board on the Rohingya crisis, labelling it a "government whitewash" and saying Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi "lacks moral authority".
Myanmar now says it asked him to quit.
Al Jazeera's Scott Heidler has more from Yangon, Myanmar
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/01/diplomat-rift-myanmars-government-180127084651895.html
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