Dhaka, Aug 29 – Myanmar on Wednesday rejected the findings of a UN investigation accusing its armed forces of genocide against the Rohingya. Government spokesman Zaw Htay said the country didn’t agree with or accept “any resolutions made by the Human Rights Council”, reports BBC.
China had earlier also decried the UN report, saying putting pressure on Myanmar was “not helpful”.
Myanmar has come under immense pressure this week over last year’s military crackdown that pushed more than 700,000 of the Muslim minority into Bangladesh.
Monday’s report by a UN fact-finding mission said there was evidence of genocide and crimes against humanity “perpetrated on a massive scale”.
Zaw Htay said Myanmar had zero tolerance for human rights violations.
“We didn’t allow the FFM [the UN Fact-Finding Mission] to enter into Myanmar, that’s why we don’t agree and accept any resolutions made by the Human Rights Council,” Zaw Htay told state news outlet the Global New Light of Myanmar.
He said Myanmar country had its own Independent Commission of Enquiry to respond to “false allegations made by the UN agencies and other international communities”.
Myanmar’s army has previously cleared itself of wrongdoing.
China, which has a close economic and diplomatic relationship with Myanmar, had earlier said the “historical, religious and ethnic background of the Rakhine issue” was “extremely complex”.
“Unilateral criticism or exerting pressure is actually not helpful in resolving the problem,” said Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying. – UNB
