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Myanmar Military Court to Probe Rohingya Atrocity Allegations

March 19, 2019/in News

By REUTERS 19 March 2019 YANGON—Myanmar’s military said on Monday it had set up a military court to investigate its conduct during a crackdown on the Rohingya Muslim minority in 2017 that forced more than 730,000 to flee to neighboring Bangladesh. The court comprising a major-general and two colonels will investigate events in western Myanmar’s Rakhine State in […]

Ethnic Lishaw accuses TNLA of kidnappings

March 18, 2019/in News

The Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) is kidnapping ethnic Lishaw people for ransom, a spokesperson for the ethnic group told a press conference. Daw Khin Theint Theint Tun said TNLA members, who are ethnic Palaung, have abducted young Lishaw children and demanded millions of kyat in ransom. The Lishaw are an ethnic group living in Shan […]

Myanmar Military Court to Probe Rohingya Atrocity Allegations

March 19, 2019/in News

Ethnic Lishaw accuses TNLA of kidnappings

March 18, 2019/in News

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Myanmar Military Court to Probe Rohingya Atrocity Allegations

March 19, 2019/in News

By REUTERS 19 March 2019

YANGON—Myanmar’s military said on Monday it had set up a military court to investigate its conduct during a crackdown on the Rohingya Muslim minority in 2017 that forced more than 730,000 to flee to neighboring Bangladesh.

The court comprising a major-general and two colonels will investigate events in western Myanmar’s Rakhine State in August 2017, the military said in a statement posted on the website of Sen-Gen Min Aung Hlaing, the army commander-in-chief.

“The information is released that the investigation court was formed with the following persons to further scrutinize and confirm the respective incidents,” the military said.

The court will respond to allegations made by the United Nations and rights groups Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch accusing security forces of mass killings, rape and arson.

Myanmar forces launched their offensive in Rakhine State in response to a series of attacks by Rohingya insurgents on security posts near the Bangladesh border.

A UN fact-finding mission last year said the military campaign was orchestrated with “genocidal intent” and recommended charging Sen-Gen Min Aung Hlaing and five other generals with the “gravest crimes under international law.”

Myanmar has denied the accusations of murder, rape and other abuses by its forces though Sen-Gen Min Aung Hlaing said last month “a number of security men may have been involved.”

A previous military investigation in 2017 exonerated the security forces of any crimes.

The new court is “another bad faith maneuver” to fend off international pressure, said Nicholas Bequelin, Southeast Asia and Pacific Director of Amnesty International.

“The military stands accused of the gravest crimes under international law and has shown no sign of reform,” he said.

“The idea that the Tatmadaw could investigate itself and ensure justice and accountability is both dangerous and delusional,” Bequelin added, referring to the military.

The military information unit did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.

Myanmar is facing growing international calls for accountability over the Rakhine campaign.

The International Criminal Court has opened a preliminary examination into the violence, while a commission of enquiry formed by Myanmar and including Filipino diplomat Rosario Manalo and Kenzo Oshima, Japan’s former ambassador to the UN, is due to publish its findings this year.

The creation of the military court was based on assessments and suggestions from the military-appointed Judge Advocate-General, as well the allegations contained in human rights reports, according to the army statement.

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Ethnic Lishaw accuses TNLA of kidnappings

March 18, 2019/in News

The Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) is kidnapping ethnic Lishaw people for ransom, a spokesperson for the ethnic group told a press conference.

Daw Khin Theint Theint Tun said TNLA members, who are ethnic Palaung, have abducted young Lishaw children and demanded millions of kyat in ransom.

The Lishaw are an ethnic group living in Shan State.

“They demand K20 million to K30 million. The families of the kidnap victims negotiated their release for K3 or K5 million. They had to sell everything they own to pay the ransom,” Daw Khin Theint Theint Tun said.

Only 29 out of the 44 Lishaw people seized between the end of 2008 and March 6 have been released, she said.

She noted that while there were 50,000 Lishaw people according to the latest official count, there are now only an estimated 25,000 left in the state.

“The TNLA wait on roads and stop people and detain them. We cannot differentiate between them and robbers,” she said. “When a couple riding a motorcycle refused to stop, the girl was shot dead and the boy disappeared,” he said.

Daw Maw Shwe Shan, who had to pay a ransom to get her children back, said she is fearful her children will be seized again.

News reports quoted a TNLA spokesman as saying the fighters just asked villagers to help with the cost of their food in their campaign to destroy opium poppy plantations in the area.

Lishaw people from War Nu, War Yaw and Hpaung Law Nat Thar Kwar villages in Muse and Namkham townships attended the press conference.

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ND-Burma formed in 2004 in order to provide a way for Burma human rights organizations to collaborate on the human rights documentation process. The 13 ND-Burma member organizations seek to collectively use the truth of what communities in Burma have endured to advocate for justice for victims. ND-Burma trains local organizations in human rights documentation; coordinates members’ input into a common database using Martus, a secure open-source software; and engages in joint-advocacy campaigns.

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