The UN human rights office said last month that the campaign of killings and rapes probably amounted to crimes against humanity and possibly ethnic cleansing. UN special rapporteur Yanghee Lee told the UN Human Rights Council that Myanmar was still making Rohingyas' lives difficult by dismantling homes and conducting a household survey. Myanmar's military launched the crackdown in the north of Rakhine state after nine policemen were killed on Oct. 9. "The situation in Rakhine state is very complicated in nature and thus requires complicated answers. Human rights challenges could not be solved within a year, he said, referring to the year-old government led by Aung San Suu Kyi.

Source: bd News24 March 13, 2017 15:22 UTC