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Myanmar army says it will punish soldiers in Rohingya atrocities probe
[DAWN] Myanmar's army will court-martial soldiers after a new finding in an inquiry into atrocities in Rakhine state, from which more than 730,000 Rohingya Moslems fled a 2017 army-led campaign the United Nations...the Oyster Bay money pit... says was executed with "genocidal intent". On Saturday, the website of Commander-in-Chief Min Aung Hlaing said a military court that visited the northern state found soldiers had shown "weakness in following instructions in some incidents" at a village said to have been a Rohingya massacre site. In 2018, the News Agency that Dare Not be Named news agency reported the existence of at least five graves of Rohingya in the village, Gutarpyin, in the township of Buthidaung. But government officials at the time said 19 "terrorists" had died and their bodies were "carefully buried". On Sunday, military front man Tun Tun Nyi told Rooters the investigation's findings were secret. "We don't have the right to know about it," he said by telephone. "They will release another statement about it when the procedure is finished." Related: Myanmar: 2019-08-29 Russian and Syrian jets strike Turkish observation post in Hama Myanmar: 2019-08-24 Bangladesh Offers Repatriation to Rohingya Muslims, None Accept Myanmar: 2019-08-22 China warns of next jihadist wave in Syria Related: Rohingya: 2019-08-29 UNHCR: 1,350 migrants in Libya sent to safe third countries during 2019 Rohingya: 2019-08-24 Bangladesh Offers Repatriation to Rohingya Muslims, None Accept Rohingya: 2019-08-22 China warns of next jihadist wave in Syria Related: Min Aung Hlaing: 2018-12-21 Myanmar forces conduct 'clearance operations' after two killed in Rakhine state Min Aung Hlaing: 2017-12-02 Pope holds emotional meeting with refugees, says ‘Rohingya’ for first time Min Aung Hlaing: 2017-09-18 Rohingya 'extremists' trying to build stronghold - Myanmar army Posted by: Fred 2019-09-02 |
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