March 28, 2017
Tatmadaw chief has come out strongly against the UN investigation on alleged atrocities committed against the Rohingyas in last fall.
Speaking on the 72nd Anniversary Armed Forces Day observed in the administrative capital Naypyidaw on Monday, Gen Min Aung Hlaing has described the investigation as a political intervention on behalf of the Rohingya community.
He also claimed that Rohingyas were not residents of the country but interlopers from Bangladesh.
“We are responsible to prevent, based on the Tatmadaw Spirit, those actions done on the pretext of [addressing the] political situation as well as religious or racial issues in our country, because they can harm the sovereignty of our country,” said the army chief.
Referring to ongoing and recent military operations in Arakan and elsewhere, he said, “The Tatmadaw firmly adopts the stance of ensuring the stability, unity and development of the country and monitoring to ensure that [the country] can walk firmly on the multi-party democracy path chosen by the people.”
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