UN says it gets reports daily of killings, rapes
in Myanmar
Reuters, Geneva
The United Nations is getting daily reports of rapes and
killings of the Rohingya minority in Myanmar, although the government was
insultingly dismissing the claims and making the situation worse, the UN human
rights office said on Friday.
Zeid said in a statement that the government, led by Nobel
Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi, had taken a "short-sighted,
counterproductive, even callous" approach to the crisis, which could have
grave long-term repercussions for the region.
At least 86 people have been killed, according to state
media, and the United Nations has estimated 27,000 members of the largely
stateless Rohingya minority have fled across the border to Bangladesh.