FILE PHOTO: United Nations human rights investigator for North Korea Marzuki Darusman speaks to the media in Geneva, Switzerland, March 14, 2016. REUTERS/Ruben Sprich/File Photo
YANGON (Reuters) - The United Nations' Human Rights Council has replaced the chairwoman of a team investigating allegations of killings and rape by Myanmar's security forces, it said on Thursday, amid concerns over her perceived bias.
Indian Supreme Court advocate Indira Jaising was initially named to chair the fact-finding mission, which has a focus on the western state of Rakhine that is home to the stateless Rohingya Muslim minority.
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