Senior General Min Aung Hlaing (R), commander-in-chief of Myanmar's armed forces, participates in an Armed Forces Day ceremony in Naypyidaw, March 27, 2017. RFA
Sydney Morning Herald: Myanmar chief labels Rohingya Muslim intruders, warns against UN investigation
Myanmar's military chief has warned against United Nations intervention in his country, declaring more than one million Rohingya Muslims in western Rakhine state as "Bengali" interlopers, despite them having lived there for generations.
Min Aung Hlaing also signalled his armed forces will shun a fact-finding mission into atrocities on Rohingya, following a motion co-sponsored by Australia at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva last Friday, saying it would threaten Myanmar's sovereignty.
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