Forming a military court in Rohingya persecution investigation
19 March 2019, 19:22 BDT
A military court has constituted a military court to investigate allegations of Rohingya persecution during the operation of security forces in Rakhine State of Myanmar in 2017. Myanmar's army chief's office in a statement on Monday said this information.
Myanmar's security forces started the anti-terrorism operation on August 25, 2010, in the wake of attacks on some police raid in Rakhine. Then around 7.5 million Rohingyas crossed the border to save lives. All of them complained that Myanmar soldiers carried out the arson and looting of Rohingyas, genocide, rape, torture and their homes. The United Nations called the incident of 'Rohingya oppression' of 'ethnic cleansing'. Last year, the United Nations Information Research Mission said that the army launched Rakhine's 'massacre' campaign. The mission recommended that the army chief and five generals should be tried on charges of serious crimes committed under international law.
In a statement posted yesterday on the official website of Myanmar Army Chief Min Aung Hailing, a military court was formed in coordination with the army's Major General and two colonels to investigate the incident of Rakhine. This military court was constituted on the basis of the evaluation and counseling of the judges appointed by the military and the allegations of human rights organizations.
Earlier, Myanmar's military claimed after investigating the case of Rakhine, no allegation against the security forces was found in the investigation.
Amnesty International's South-East Asia and Pacific Regional Director Nicholas Bequilin said on the formation of a new military court, it is "another rice" of the Myanmar army to prevent international pressure. He said, although the Myanmar army committed serious crimes under the international law, so far there is no sign of reform in this force.
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