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Myanmar detains police officers over Rohingya abuse video

Published Mon, Jan 2, 2017 · 09:50 PM

Yangon

MYANMAR'S government on Monday said it has detained several police officers over a video apparently showing Rohingya civilians being beaten, a rare admission that authorities may have carried out abuses against the Muslim minority.

Tens of thousands of people from the persecuted ethnic group - loathed by many of Myanmar's Buddhist majority - have fled a military operation in R…

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