Report accuses Myanmar generals of war crimes
Military activities carried out by Myanmar's powerful minister of home affairs when the country was under army dictatorship could constitute war crimes, a new study has said.
Human rights researchers at Harvard Law School said in the report released on Friday that there was evidence that Home Affairs Minister Ko Ko and two other generals were responsible for the executions, torture and enslavement of civilians by troops during a large-scale offensive against ethnic rebels of the Karen state between 2005 and 2008.
The researchers from the law school's International Human Rights Clinic said that they had details of 66 prosecutable crimes against humanity.
Ko Ko is now in command of internal security, overseeing the police force. His two colleagues at the time, Brigadier General Khin Zaw Oo and Brigadier General Maung Maung Aye, have also been promoted to positions of greater responsibility.
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