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UN Official Requests New Probes into Claims of War Crimes in Myanmar

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   A departing United Nations official has requested new investigations
   into claims of continuing war crimes and crimes against humanity in
   Myanmar, while calling on the global community to help avoid other
   atrocities.

   Yanghee Lee, the U.N.'s top human rights envoy to the Southeast Asian
   country, accused Myanmar's military Wednesday of "inflicting immense
   suffering" on ethnic minorities in Rakhine and Chin states.

   The Myanmar government is battling the Arakan Army, a guerrilla group
   representing the Buddhist Rakhine minority that is vying for greater
   autonomy.

   "While the world is occupied with the COVID-19 pandemic, the Myanmar
   military continues to escalate its assault in Rakhine state, targeting
   the civilian population," Lee said in a statement.

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