MYANAMR TIMES
05 Dec 2019
Cardinal Charles Bo, the Roman Catholic Church’s highest prelate in Myanmar, urged the international community to be more careful in trying to find those responsible for the humanitarian crisis in northern Rakhine State and not punish all Myanmar people.
He urged the world, in seeking the truth, to take into consideration the welfare of the Myanmar people, according to a statement issued by Cardinal Bo on Sunday.
“I am neither a lawyer nor a politician but just a cardinal, so I am not commenting on current international affairs,” he said in the statement. “For peace to prevail, reconciliation and acceptance of the truth are necessary.”
“I am neither a lawyer nor a politician but just a cardinal, so I am not commenting on current international affairs,” he said in the statement. “For peace to prevail, reconciliation and acceptance of the truth are necessary.”
Myanmar faces a genocide case filed by Gambia at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands, and State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi said he would lead a team of legal experts to answer the charges.
Cardinal Bo called on the people to intensify the search for national reconciliation and peace, noting that country is in the process of healing “from its various injuries”.
The international community has accused the Tatmadaw (military) of committing genocide against minority Muslims in northern Rakhine after the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) launched deadly attacks on security outposts in the area on August 25, 2017. The military campaign forced over 700,000 Rakhine Muslims to flee across the border to Bangladesh.
A UN Fact Finding Mission accused Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Senior General Min Aung Hlaing and five other military leaders of being responsible for the crisis.
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Cardinal Bo called on the people to intensify the search for national reconciliation and peace, noting that country is in the process of healing “from its various injuries”.
The international community has accused the Tatmadaw (military) of committing genocide against minority Muslims in northern Rakhine after the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) launched deadly attacks on security outposts in the area on August 25, 2017. The military campaign forced over 700,000 Rakhine Muslims to flee across the border to Bangladesh.
A UN Fact Finding Mission accused Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Senior General Min Aung Hlaing and five other military leaders of being responsible for the crisis.
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