Suu Kyi denies ethnic cleansing in Myanmar

By Lindsay Murdoch
Updated April 7 2017 - 12:38am, first published 12:34am
* WARNING - SUNDAY FOR MONDAY ONLY* WARNING - SUNDAY FOR MONDAY ONLYKofi Annan interacting with the Muslim Rohingya villagers in Kyet Yoe Pyin, also known as Kyariprang, when he visited the village on December 3, 2017. The Rohingya villagers reportedly related to Mr Annan how the soldiers, police and local Buddhist tribal villagers had indulged in killings, rapes and arson in the village in the previous weeks.?? 
?? Photo by Noor Hossain for the Fairfax Media.
?? (After Noor Hossain shot and sent this photo, he has gone missing inside Myanmar. It has been two and a half months that he is untraced.) ?? ?? 
Photo: Saiful Islam??  Photo: Noor Hossain
* WARNING - SUNDAY FOR MONDAY ONLY* WARNING - SUNDAY FOR MONDAY ONLYKofi Annan interacting with the Muslim Rohingya villagers in Kyet Yoe Pyin, also known as Kyariprang, when he visited the village on December 3, 2017. The Rohingya villagers reportedly related to Mr Annan how the soldiers, police and local Buddhist tribal villagers had indulged in killings, rapes and arson in the village in the previous weeks.?? ?? Photo by Noor Hossain for the Fairfax Media. ?? (After Noor Hossain shot and sent this photo, he has gone missing inside Myanmar. It has been two and a half months that he is untraced.) ?? ?? Photo: Saiful Islam?? Photo: Noor Hossain

Bangkok: Myanmar de-facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi has denied the ethnic cleansing of her country's Rohingya Muslims, contradicting the findings of United Nations investigators who have cited evidence of atrocities by security forces.

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