The Canadian Friends of Burma (French: Les amis canadiens de la Birmanie; CFOB) was a federally incorporated, national non-governmental organization founded in 1991.
In 2012 when Tin Maung Htoo, then executive director of CFOB, made controversial remarks about Burma's Rohingya the organization fell into disarray.
He disseminated information that included blanket characterizations of Muslims or Rohingya as jihadists; materials which blamed not individual perpetrators, but whole communities for violent acts.
CFOB founders, board, and allies raised repeated concerns about the executive director’s actions, to no avail.
[8] In February 2021, Tin Maung Htoo claimed that CFOB "disbanded a few years ago when members thought their objectives had been achieved after Suu Kyi came to power.