A United Nations panel has urged the international community to boycott financial support to the Tatmadaw for alleged human rights abuses in Myanmar. According to reports, the UN Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar said that senior figures in the Myanmar military should be isolated and brought before a court to answer for potential crimes against humanity for their crackdown in northern Rakhine State. The alleged incidents occurred in late 2017 and led to more than 700,000 Muslims in the Rakhine State fleeing over the border into Bangladesh. Myanmar’s government and its military have largely denied the accusations. “There has been no movement toward a resolution of the crisis,” said Marzuki Darusman, FFM chairperson. The official recently completed a 10-day visit to Bangladesh, Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia. The panel has been denied access to Myanmar. The FFM was appointed by the UN Human Rights Council in March 2017 to investigate alleged abuses by Myanmar’s armed forces.
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