Amnesty probe reveals global business ties to Myanmar military units accused of human rights abuses

The Telegraph

By Nicola Smith, 
Asia Correspondent and
Julian Ryall Tokyo
10 September 2020

Investigation finds Myanmar military units accused of abuses have links to conglomerate with foreign business partners

Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya were displaced due to an ethnic cleansing campaign Credit: Barcroft Media via Getty Images

A new investigation by Amnesty International has revealed how a secretive Myanmar conglomerate, linked to multiple foreign businesses, has funded the Southeast Asian country’s powerful military, including units accused of human rights abuses and crimes under international law.

UK accuses China of 'gross' human rights abuses against Uighurs

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19 July 2020 

 China's ambassador Liu Xiaoming: "There is no such concentration camp in Xinjiang"

UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has accused China of "gross and egregious" human rights abuses against its Uighur population and said sanctions against those responsible cannot be ruled out.

Reports of forced sterilisation and wider persecution of the Muslim group were "reminiscent of something not seen for a long time", he told the BBC.

Tatmadaw invites evidence of terrorist attacks in Rakhine.

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A file image of unexploded ordnance in northern Rakhine State. Photo - EPA

The Tatmadaw (military) set up a panel on Wednesday to investigate evidence of human rights abuses carried out by terrorists in northern Rakhine State on August 25, 2017, according to the military’s True News agency.

The agency said in a statement that the military invited submissions of evidence such as eyewitness reports, photos, documents, audio and video files related to the terrorist attacks.