Description:
"THE Myanmar National Human
Rights Commission has
issued Press Release No. 2/2019
yesterday.
The press release states
that security forces were temporarily
detaining 275 men out
of suspicion in Kyauktan Village,
Yathedaung Township,
Rakhine State when some of
the detainees began shouting
and attempted to fight security
personnel around 2am on 2 May.
It said security personnel
fired shots in defence and dispersed
the men to control the
situation. Reportedly, 6 men are
dead, 8 are injured and 4 are
missing.
The MNHRC has urged
both the security forces and
the AA to exercise caution to
prevent unnecessary injury and
death of innocent civilians in areas
of ongoing conflicts..."
Source/publisher:
Myanmar Ministry of Information via "The Global New Light of Myanmar"
Date of Publication:
2019-05-04
Date of entry:
2019-05-04
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- Individual Documents
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Countries:
Myanmar
Language:
English
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Resource Type:
text
Text quality:
- Good
