UN fears 'mass atrocity crimes' in Myanmar as troops gather in north


Myanmar police patrolling in a truck in downtown Yangon on Oct 22, 2021. - AFP

UNITED NATIONS, Oct 22(AFP): The UN announced that it feared an even greater human rights catastrophe in Myanmar amid reports of thousands of troops massing in the north of the Southeast Asian country, which has been in chaos since a February coup.

"We should all be prepared, as the people in this part of Myanmar are prepared, for even more mass atrocity crimes. I desperately hope that I am wrong," said UN Special Rapporteur on Myanmar Tom Andrews.

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