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World|politics|September 19, 2017 / 10:05 AM
Rohingya crisis: Suu Kyi does not fear global 'scrutiny'

AKIPRESS.COM - Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi says she does not fear "international scrutiny" of her government's handling of the growing Rohingya crisis.

It was her first national address on the violence in northern Rakhine state that has seen more than 400,000 Rohingya Muslims cross into Bangladesh, BBC reported.

She said that most Muslims had not fled the state and that violence had ceased.

Ms Suu Kyi has faced heavy criticism for her response to the crisis.

The current spate of violence began in August when there was an armed attack on police posts, blamed on Rohingya militants.

That lead to a massive security crackdown by the military, which the UN's human rights chief later called a "textbook example of ethnic cleansing".

Rohingya Muslims started leaving in vast numbers crossing into Bangladesh with tales of their villages were being burned and saying were facing persecution at the hands of the military.

The military says its operations in the northern Rakhine state are aimed at rooting out militants, and denies targeting civilians.

Access is restricted to the area, but on a government-controlled trip for journalists the BBC found reason to question the official narrative that Muslims were setting fire to their own villages.

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