U.N. mission asks for more time to investigate Myanmar violence

Marzuki Darusman, President of the Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar, attends the 36th Session of the Human Rights Council at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland September 19, 2017. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse

GENEVA (Reuters) - The head of a U.N. investigation into violence in Myanmar asked on Tuesday for more time to look into allegations of mass killings of Rohingya Muslims, as well as torture, sexual violence and the burning of villages.

Marzuki Darusman told his sponsors in the U.N. Human Rights Council he was also still waiting for Myanmar's permission to enter the country, though he was hopeful there would be progress soon.