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"[hartal supporters] banged on this pillar [a collapsed one] and the adjacent collapsible gate. The whole building came crashing down perhaps due to this banging that caused one part to collapse completely."
MK ALAMGIR
home minister
theorising the collapse of Rana plaza in Savar
"We have dissolved the two committees and directed to remove all posters and banners of Savar Jubo League within 24 hours."
MOHAMMAD OMAR FARUQUE CHOWDHURY
Jubo League(JL) Chairman
after dissolving JL Savar unit, a JL statement termed Rana a self-proclaimed leader who used the name of JL and printed posters and banners in his vested personal interest.
"I will give up politics if anyone can prove that I had involvement with him."
TOWHID MURAD JONG
MP, Savar constituency
while denying any involvement with Sohel Rana, owner of Rana Plaza
"It is the government's duty to make the buildings safer. The BGMEA and buyers can only assist the government, but not punish anybody."
ROGER HUBERT
vice-president, Hong Kong based Li & Fung.
about the Savar garment factory tragedy.
"… bargain-basement (clothing) is automatically leading towards these types of disasters."
JOHN HILARY
executive director, British charity War on Want explaining that
western clothing retailers squeezing Asian suppliers and flawed working standards fuel conditions for tragedies like Rana Plaza collapse.
Savar tragedy exaggerated.
Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA)
the association allegedly blamed the media for the constant uploading of graphic imagery that created an “image crisis” for them in the international arena.
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