YANGON (AFP) – The UN has urged Myanmar’s de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi to visit the north of Rakhine state, where the army is accused of carrying out a brutal crackdown on the Muslim Rohingya minority.
The Nobel peace prize winner has faced growing international criticism for not stopping the military’s campaign, which has pushed more than 20,000 Rohingya over the border to Bangladesh.
Escapees have told AFP shocking stories of mass rape, murder and arson at the hands of security forces, which took control of the area after deadly raids on police posts in October.
More details in Saturday’s Borneo Bulletin.
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