Myanmar's Suu Kyi says U.N. Rohingya probe would increase tensions

Sweden's Prime Minister Stefan Lofven and Myanmar's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi shake hands at the Government Rosenbad in Stockholm, Sweden June 12, 2017. TT News Agency/Henrik Montgomery/via REUTERS

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - A United Nations probe into alleged human rights abuses by Myanmar's military against the minority Rohingya people last year would inflame ethnic tensions, the country's de-facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi said on Monday.

Last month, the U.N. appointed experts to lead a fact-finding mission to investigate widespread allegations of killings, rape and torture by security forces against the Rohingya, a Muslim minority who have faced discrimination in largely Buddhist Myanmar for generations.