In Myanmar, they met separately with Myanmar government leader Aung San Suu Kyi and military Commander-in-Chief Min Aung Hlaing. “Sexual violence (is) considered as despicable acts,” the state-run Global New Light of Myanmar newspaper cited Min Aung Hlaing as telling the envoys. Myanmar violence may have killed more than 1,000 Rohingya Muslims: UN rapporteur‘COOPERATION NEEDED’Tuesday is the final day of a four-day visit to the region by the U.N. Security Council team. Earlier on Monday, the council envoys met Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who asked them to press Myanmar to take back ‘their citizens’. Buddhist-majority Myanmar has for years denied Rohingya citizenship, freedom of movement and access to basic services such as healthcare.

Source: The Express Tribune May 01, 2018 06:56 UTC