"We should all be prepared, as the people in this part of Myanmar are prepared, for even more mass atrocity crimes. I desperately hope that I am wrong," said UN Special Rapporteur on Myanmar Tom Andrews. Also Read: Myanmar challenges ASEAN’s pronouncement barring its military leader from regional meetThe findings, he said, also indicated that the junta had engaged in probable crimes against humanity and war crimes. About 7,40,000 Rohingya fled Myanmar's Rakhine state in 2017 after security forces launched a clampdown that the UN has said may amount to genocide. Mr. Andrews urged countries to deny Myanmar's military junta the money, weapons and legitimacy it desired, citing a prisoner release earlier in the week as evidence that pressure was working.

Source: The Hindu October 23, 2021 19:47 UTC