Deserting soldiers testify over massacre

Two soldiers who deserted from Myanmar’s army have testified on video they were instructed by commanding officers to “shoot all that you see and that you hear” in villages where minority R oh ingya lived, a human rights group has said.

The comments appear to be the first public confession by soldiers of involvement in army-directed massacres, rape and other crimes against Rohing ya Muslims in the Buddhistmajority country.

More than 700,000 Rohingya have fled Myanmar to neighbouring Bangladesh since August 2017 to escape what Myanmar’s military called a clearance campaign following an attack by a Rohing ya ins urgent group. My anmar’ s government has denied accusations that security forces committed mass rape sand killings and burned thousands of homes. The group Fortify Rights said the two army private sf led the country last month and are believed to be in the custody of the International Criminal Court.