A country still in deep denial


Up to 30,000 Rohingya Muslims have abandoned their homes in Myanmar to escape violence, the UN says, after troops poured into the narrow strip where they live earlier this month. - AFP

However genocide is to be defined, the Myanmar of today has clearly positioned itself in the centre of it – complete with official denials.

IN just 14 months to October 2004, Gen Khin Nyunt was Prime Minister of Myanmar.

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