Myanmar army rejects U.N. findings of abuses in Rohingya crackdown

FILE PHOTO: Rohingya refugees return to their makeshift home in the evening at Kutupalang Unregistered Refugee Camp, in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, February 10, 2017. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain/File Photo

YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar's army on Tuesday rejected allegations of human rights abuses during its crackdown on Rohingya Muslim last year, made by the United Nations in a report on the offensive that forced some 75,000 Rohingya to flee to neighbouring Bangladesh.

The crackdown, in response to attacks by Rohingya insurgents on border guard posts on Oct. 9, poses the biggest challenge yet to Myanmar's leader and Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, who took power more than a year ago.