Soldiers behind Inn Dinn massacre quietly freed in November: report

COCONUTS YANGON

By Coconuts Yangon 

May 27, 2019  Yangon time 

Ten Rohingya men kneel with their hands bound shortly before their extralegal execution by Myanmar security forces and Buddhist villagers in Inn Din village on Sept. 2, 2017.

The seven soldiers sentenced to 10 years hard labor for their involvement in the Inn Dinn massacre served less than a tenth of their sentence before quietly being freed in November, Reuters reported this morning.

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Ten Rohingya Muslim men with their hands bound kneel in Inn Din village, Myanmar, September 1, 2017. Handout via REUTERS

 
YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar has granted early release to seven soldiers jailed for the killing of 10 Rohingya Muslim men and boys during a 2017 military crackdown in the western state of Rakhine, two prison officials, two former fellow inmates and one of the soldiers told Reuters.

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EXECUTION: This photo was taken on the day the 10 Rohingya men were killed. Paramilitary police officer Aung Min, left, stands guard behind them. The picture was obtained from a Buddhist village elder, and authenticated by witnesses.

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