Myanmar military may be committing new war crimes, says departing UN envoy

Yankee Lee calls for an international probe into the allegations of assaults on civilians.

The departing UN human rights envoy for Myanmar said its military may be committing war crimes and crimes against humanity in Rakhine and Chin states, where fighting between government troops and ethnic minority rebels has intensified.

The army has denied targeting civilians and has declared the insurgent group the Arakan Army a terrorist organisation. The South Korean special rapport said the armed forces, known as the Tatmadaw, have ramped up attacks against civilians in recent weeks with air and artillery strikes that “may amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity”.

The army and government have consistently rejected such accusations and said the military was responding to attacks by Rohingya insurgents.

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