Myanmar may be seeking to expel all Rohingya, says UN

Myanmar may be seeking to “expel” all ethnic Rohingya from its territory, a UN rights expert has said, pushing for a high-level inquiry into abuses against the Muslim minority community.  

 

Myanmar may be seeking to “expel” all ethnic Rohingya from its territory, a UN rights expert has said, pushing for a high-level inquiry into abuses against the Muslim minority community.  

The United Nations special rapporteur on human rights in Myanmar, Yanghee Lee, said a full purge could be the ultimate goal of the institutional persecution and horrific violence being perpetrated against the Rohingya.  

The evidence “indicates the government may be trying to expel the Rohingya population from the country altogether,” Lee told the UN rights council.  The army launched a bloody crackdown against the Rohingya in October in the northern Rakhine state following attacks by militants on several border posts.