Nobel laureate Suu Kyi defends Myanmar army in genocide case
World | December 11, 2019 23:23 ISTNobel Peace Prize winner and former political prisoner Aung San Suu Kyi denied Wednesday that Myanmar's armed forces committed genocide.
Nobel Peace Prize winner and former political prisoner Aung San Suu Kyi denied Wednesday that Myanmar's armed forces committed genocide.
"Our troops did not know in advance that the Indian citizens were on the boats," the AA spokesperson said.
They were released in the early hours on Monday, a day after the five Indian nationals, along with a member of Myanmar Parliament, two local transporters and two speedboat operators were abducted by Arakan Army on way from Paletwa in Chin State to Kyauktaw in Rakhine state in Myanmar.
Vinoo Gopal was among 10 people, including four Indians and U Whei Tin - a lawmaker from Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy, abducted on Sunday by the Arakan Army from two boats while travelling from Paletwa in the Chin state to Kyauktaw in Rakhine, The Irrawaddy newspaper reported
During the talks on Sunday evening, the leaders cordially exchanged views on extending cooperation between the two countries, exchange of high-level visits, continued constructive assistance from India, and ASEAN-India cooperation, based on common interest
An NCB press release said that concerted and sustained operations against drug trafficking not only resulted in seizure of drugs but also and arrest of perpetrators around the country.
Police said they were taken into custody from Thanabhawan town in the district on Friday for questioning.
The mountainside of Ma-lat mountain collapsed due to the monsoon downpour at 7 a.m. on Friday. Residents, houses and vehicles were swamped away by the deluge of mud and rocks from the collapse.
Four Myanmar nationals were arrested on Monday from Shamli district for illegally staying in India, while three madrassa teachers were also taken into custody for allegedly sheltering them, police said.
Following the sanctions imposed on them on Tuesday, Commander-in-Chief Min Aung Hlaing, Deputy Commander-in-Chief Soe Win, Brigadier-General Than Oo and Brigadier General Aung Aung along with their immediate family members have been banned from entering the United States.
The militants were targeted in two phases of the operation which sources said is still continuing.
Five Myanmar boat crew-members and the Thai captain of the vessel found stranded on a southern Thai island with 65 Rohingya Muslims have been charged with people smuggling, the police said on Friday.
Bangladesh hosts over a million Rohingyas in makeshift refugee camps in its southeastern Cox’s Bazar district as the fled a Myanmar military crackdown in August 2017 generating the worst refugee crisis in the recent history.
As many as 55 officers of the Indian Air Force, Army, Navy and two from Myanmar Air Force would soon become qualified flying instructors.
It is the same area where the Army in 2017 carried out an offensive against the mostly-Muslim Rohingya minority group, an operation the UN said showed evidence of genocidal intent.
It is pleased to witness the bilateral friendship becomes deeper and media persons from both countries should be praised for their efforts for being a bridge between two countries.
Wa Lone, 33, and Kyaw Soe Oo, 29, were found guilty in September 2018 of violating the colonial-era Official Secrets Act over their reporting of the massacre in the village of Inn Dinn in Rakhine state. They were sentenced to seven years in prison.
The accident occurred Monday in the Hpakant area of Kachin state. Such accidents are not rare, and usually occur when mountainous piles of mining scraps slide down on people scavenging pieces of jade.
Sources said the camps were destroyed inside Myanmar with active support of the Indian Army in an intense operation lasting over 10 days.
A group of 120 defence personnel from Myanmar are also visiting India as part of the exchange programme mooted by Army Chief Gen. Bipin Rawat, army officials said.
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