Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R). Assertion (A): Base hydrolysis of 1,2-chlorohydrin gives 1,2-diol with inversion of configuration at the reaction site (via epoxide intermediate formation). Reason (R): The reaction involves an intramolecular nucleophilic substitution (SNi / SN2-like neighborhood group participation) mechanism. Select the correct answer using the options given below.

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Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

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