The woman, a Rohingya Muslim who agreed to be identified by her first initial, F, knew enough to be terrified. pic.twitter.com/nPnLiwUuRJ — AJ+ (@ajplus) November 20, 2017(Video Twitter/AJ+)The rape of Rohingya women by Myanmar's security forces has been sweeping and methodical, the Associated Press found in interviews with 29 women and girls who fled to neighbouring Bangladesh. The testimonies bolster the UN's contention that Myanmar's armed forces are systematically employing rape as a “calculated tool of terror” aimed at exterminating the Rohingya people. Before she became Myanmar's civilian leader, Aung San Suu Kyi herself said Myanmar's armed forces used rape as a weapon to intimidate ethnic nationalities. In Dec 2016, the government issued a press release disputing Rohingya women's reports of sexual assaults, accompanied by an image that said “Fake Rape”.

Source: Bangkok Post December 11, 2017 06:00 UTC