Newly arrived Rohingya refugees make their way to a camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, October 2, 2017. REUTERS/Cathal McNaughton
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A top Myanmar official appealed on Monday for democracy in the country to be given "a chance to survive" amid international anger over a military campaign against Rohingya Muslims that the United Nations has described as ethnic cleansing.
Some 507,000 Rohingya Muslim have fled to Bangladesh since insurgents attacked security posts near the border on Aug. 25, triggering fierce Myanmar military retaliation. Myanmar says more than 500 people have been killed, most of them insurgents.
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