<span style="color: #222222;">Myanmar has set up a commission of inquiry to probe allegations of human rights abuses in conflict-torn Rakhine state.&nbsp;</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Local media reported the commission was established as part of a national initiative to address reconciliation, peace, stability and development in the state.&nbsp;</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">It will investigate the allegations of human rights violations and related issues, following the terrorist attacks by Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) last year.&nbsp;</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The Commission will be assisted by national and international legal and technical experts.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Members of the new commission include two foreign and two Myanmar nationals: former Philippine deputy foreign minister Rosario Manalo, Japan's UN representative Kenzo Oshima, the former chair of Myanmar's constitutional tribunal U Mya Thein and Aung Tun Thet, who heads up the Myanmar government body dedicated to the Rohingya crisis.</span><br />
News On AIR | August 1, 2018 6:03 PM
Myanmar sets up commission of inquiry to look into Rakhine State abuses