MYANMAR VIOLENCE
UK foreign minister meets Suu Kyi over plight of Rohingya
Boris Johnson meets the embattled Myanmar leader as her standing in the international community suffers
Naypyidaw — Britain’s foreign minister, Boris Johnson, stopped off in Myanmar to press Aung San Suu Kyi on the need for an independent probe into violence in Rakhine state, as the country faces mounting pressure to punish troops accused of atrocities against the Muslim Rohingya. Johnson met the embattled Myanmar leader, whose reputation in the international community has crumbled over her handling of the Rohingya crisis, in the capital, Naypyidaw, on Sunday while on a four-day tour in Asia. The meeting followed Johnson’s visit to a refugee camp in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar district, where nearly 700,000 Rohingya have sought sanctuary after fleeing a Myanmar army crackdown launched in northern Rakhine last August. The UN has accused Myanmar security forces of driving the Muslim minority across the border in an ethnic cleansing campaign. Doctors Without Borders estimates at least 6,700 Rohingya died in the first month of violence. But Myanmar has staunchly denied the charges and blocke...
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