Myanmar denies Buddhist mob kills Muslim villagers
Myanmar’s government today denied that security forces and a Buddhist mob attacked Muslims in an isolated, strife-torn corner of the country this week.
A rights group said more than a dozen people may have been killed and that hundreds of people have fled their homes. The US and Britain called on the government to investigate and to hold those responsible accountable.
“We have had no information about killings,” Deputy Information Minister Ye Htut told reporters on the sidelines of a meeting of Southeast Asian foreign ministers in Myanmar’s ancient city of Bagan.