SOLDIERS JAILED FOR ROHINGYA MASSACRE

Seven Myanmar soldiers have been sentenced to 10 years of hard labour for their role in a massacre of Rohingya Muslim men.

The sentence for “contributing and participating in murder” of 10 men in the village of Inn Din in Myanmar’s northwestern Rakhine state last September will be carried out at a “remote location.”

However, two Myanmar journalists who helped bring the massacre to light through their investigations remain behind bars. WA Lone, 31, and Kyaw So Oo, 28, were arrested in December and face charges of violating the country’s Official Secrets Act.

The Myanmar military made the rare admission about the soldiers’ involvement in the mass killing in January, just weeks after the reporters had been detained.