Global outrage over Myanmar’s treatment of its Rohingya Muslims is being fuelled by “a huge iceberg of misinformation”, Aung San Suu Kyi said on Wednesday, after the UN led calls for her Government to end violence that has forced 1,46,000 to flee to Bangladesh.
Rohingya refugees have poured over the border with Bangladesh, fleeing a massive security sweep in Rakhine by Myanmar forces following a series of deadly ambushes by Rohingya militants on August 25. Suu’s Government has faced growing international condemnation for the Army’s response with refugees bringing with them renewed stories of murder, rape and burned villages at the hands of soldiers.