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Tue Sep 19, 2017, 01:50 AM Sep 2017

Rohingya crisis: Suu Kyi does not fear global 'scrutiny'

Source: BBC

Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi says she does not fear "international scrutiny" of her government's handling of the growing Rohingya crisis.
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Rohingya Muslims started leaving in vast numbers crossing into Bangladesh with tales of their villages were being burned and saying were facing persecution at the hands of the military.
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Access is restricted to the area, but on a government-controlled trip for journalists the BBC found reason to question the official narrative that Muslims were setting fire to their own villages
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She did not address the allegations against the military, saying only that there had been "no armed clashes or clearance operations" since 5 September.

Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-41315924

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Rohingya crisis: Suu Kyi does not fear global 'scrutiny' (Original Post) Gravitycollapse Sep 2017 OP
Pretty soon somebody in Myanmar is going to be eligible for a crimes against humanity trial dalton99a Sep 2017 #1
K&R Solly Mack Sep 2017 #2
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