“Let us be clear – international crimes were committed in Myanmar,” he asserted. We owe this to the Rohingya population,” he said. Dieng has never been allowed by the Burmese authorities to visit Rakhine State since 2012 when he assumed the responsibilities. The scorched earth campaign carried out by the Myanmar security forces since Aug 2017 against the Rohingya population was “predictable and preventable”. As a priority the stateless status of the Rohingya community must end and the issue of their citizenship be addressed “properly and definitively”.

Source: bd News24 March 13, 2018 14:48 UTC