March 20, 2017
Teknaf- Investigation officials have dismissed accounts of violence from the Rohingyas and instead accused them of lying.
The ten member investigation team visited Balukhali camp on Monday morning and the Leda camp in the afternoon. Previously they had visited Kutupalong camp on Sunday where they took some very hastily conducted interviews from victims of the 2012 and 2016 violence.
But on Monday, they interrupted the accounts of the Rohingyas they were interviewing and called them liars. They alleged the Rohingyas were making up wild stories after they had fled to Bangladesh and said they had fled for no apparent reason.
Each time a refugee tried to tell their story to the commission, they interrupted and called them liars.
Some of the women victims who had been raped by the Tatmadaw were in tears following the interview as commission members accused them of falsifying facts.
Refugees had earlier decided to boycott the commission but changed their mind as they were accompanied by Bangladeshi officials and international NGOs.
This particular commission was set up by the presidential office.
