Myanmar lies at UN, says no ethnic cleansing, genocide against Muslims

Amid condemnation around the world and UN calling the situation in Myanmar’s Rakhine state, “a textbook example of ethnic cleansing”, Myanmar’s UN ambassador lied to UN saying that there is no “ethnic cleansing” or genocide taking place against Muslims,  reports AFP.

The envoy objected “in the strongest terms” to countries that used those words to describe the situation in Rakhine State.

Hau Do Suan used his “right of reply” at the end of the six-day gathering of world leaders at the General Assembly to respond to what he called “irresponsible remarks” and “unsubstantiated allegations” repeated by countries in their speeches to the 193-member world body.

He didn’t identify any of the nations, though many spoke out about the plight of more than 420,000 Rohingya Muslims who have fled from Myanmar to Bangladesh since August 25, when Rohingya insurgent attacks on security forces prompted a military crackdown and reprisals by majority Buddhists.

Among those who accused Myanmar of trying to rid itself of Rohingya were Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, UN human rights chief Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein, and a number of Islamic countries, including the United Arab Emirates.