The Daily Star, an English-language newspaper based in Bangladesh, has circulated misleading information claiming that the AA has forcibly removed Rohingyas from Maungdaw and Buthidaung, while Rakhine individuals from Bangladesh, India, and Nepal are being relocated to those regions. There have been comments that this misinformation is being disseminated inaccurately and is causing a larger issue in Rakhine.
Underneath the much-reported Rohingya issue where all the reporting from Western media has been based in Bangladesh, there is a huge issue that the Western media has not reported: the historical animosity between Bangladeshi people and the Arakan people who had a rival independent kingdom in Arakan until Burmese conquest in 18th century.