Myanmar junta using imported arms to commit rights violations, says UN expert


Soldiers prepare to block a road in front of the Central Bank of Myanmar in Yangon on Feb 15, 2021, as Myanmar's junta deployed extra troops around the country as part of the ongoing military coup.- AFP

UNITED NATIONS, May 18, 2023 (AFP): Myanmar's military has imported US$1 billion in weapons since seizing power in a 2021 coup and used them "to commit atrocities," a United Nations expert said in a report released to the media.

Fighting has ravaged Myanmar since the coup, including renewed clashes with ethnic rebel groups as well as the formation of dozens of "People's Defence Forces" now battling the junta.

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