13 dead Rohingya found by side of road in Yangon Region’s Hlegu Township

mizzima
07 December 2022

Residents from Ngwenanthar Village in Yangon Region’s Hlegu Township, about 25km north of Yangon City centre, discovered the bodies of 13 Rohingya men by the side of the Tabinshwehti Road at about 7:00 a.m. on 5 December.

The Ngwenanthar Village administrator reported the find to the authorities and locally based police officers went to inspect the scene and investigate.

Thirteen Rohingya Bodies Found Dumped Outside Yangon

The Irrawaddy

6 December 2022

Rohingya inside Kutupalong refugee camp in Ukhia, Bangladesh in March, 2022. / AFP

The bodies of 13 Rohingya men were reportedly found dumped by a roadside in Hlegu Township, Yangon, on Monday morning.

Their wet bodies were left near a road linking Highway 7 and Ngwe Nanthar village and taken to Yangon General Hospital for a post-mortem, said the regime.

Rohingya rights activist U Nay San Lwin wrote on social media that the bodies showed signs of beating. The Irrawaddy could not independently verify his comments.

More than a dozen Rohingya found dead in Myanmar’s Yangon region

RFA
By RFA Burmese
2022.12.05

The bodies were discovered near a trash heap and displayed signs of trauma, sources said.

In this Aug. 25, 2022 photo, Rohingya refugees weep as they pray to mark the fifth anniversary of their exodus from Myanmar to Bangladesh at Kutupalong Rohingya refugee camp, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.AP Photo/ Shafiqur Rahman

Authorities in Myanmar have launched an investigation after a group of women on their way to the market in Yangon region made a gruesome discovery early on Monday morning – 13 broken and waterlogged corpses believed to be members of the Rohingya ethnic group.

The bodies were found near a trash pile in Hlegu township’s Ngwe Nant Thar village around 3:00 a.m., an eyewitness told RFA Burmese on condition of anonymity, citing security concerns.