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The Myanmar army has been tracking Rohingya representatives to foreign delegations

4 October 2017

Arakan News Agency
The Myanmar Army launched an arbitrary crackdown on Rohingya homes in areas recently visited by an international delegation to search for people, those who had undertaken the English translation task between the locals and the visiting delegation on fact-finding on the ground.

According to the agency’s correspondent, members of the army began raiding the houses of the Rohingya immediately after the delegation from the visit, and demanded that the people to hand over the wanted individuals urgently, adding that those wanted by the army face the most severe reprisals that can lead to death after being subjected to physical torture inside prisons and detention centers.

The Myanmar government has set up emergency committees to collect the bodies of Rohingyas and bury them in secret graves before international delegations are allowed to visit the affected areas, which witnessed recent violence the army has escalated against Rohingya since Aug. 25.

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