As global spotlight fades, atrocities continue in Myanmar

Firefighters wearing protective clothing ride atop tanker trucks before spraying disinfectant as a preventive measure against the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic in Yangon. While the world is preoccupied with the new coronavirus, attacks on Rohingya minority go on in Rakhine state, a UN expert says. Recent attacks by the Myanmar military apparently echo the brutality that shocked the world in 2017. - AFP

YANGON: While the world is preoccupied with the new coronavirus, attacks on Rohingya minority go on in Rakhine state, a UN expert says. Recent attacks by the Myanmar military apparently echo the brutality that shocked the world in 2017.

Volunteer aid worker Ann Thar Gyi was in his village in Myanmar's Rakhine state earlier this week when explosions rocked the nearby town of Minbya.