Rohingya refugees react to the camera while walking on the road at a refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, March 6, 2019. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain
YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar's army said in a statement on Friday it would hold more court-martials over alleged abuses against Rohingya Muslims, after a government-appointed commission said soldiers committed war crimes against the minority.
The panel concluded, in a report published in January, that members of the security forces, among "multiple actors", were responsible for war crimes and serious human rights violations during a military-led crackdown against the group in 2017.
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