Global Net Report : During the operation in Myanmar’s Rakhine state, the army members were instructed to shoot as soon as they saw anyone. In this case, they were also told not to leave out anyone from children to the elderly. Even instructed to fire if he heard any sound.
The US media The New York Times published a detailed report on this issue on Tuesday. However, the newspaper said it could not confirm the veracity of the confession from a neutral source. The two soldiers fled Myanmar last month. They were then taken to The Hague in the Netherlands on Monday. The city is home to the United Nations International Criminal Court (ICC). Although the two army members were not shown arrested, they have been kept in the custody of this court. The two former Myanmar army members have admitted that allegations of Rohingya genocide, mass burials after the killings, vandalism of Rohingya villages and rape against the Myanmar army are true.
According to a New York Times report, it is not yet clear how the two former military officers will be presented in the case despite their confessions. It is expected that they will be called as witnesses in the case. They may also be tried as criminals. The Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has declined to comment publicly. His argument is that the case is under process. However, two sources familiar with the investigation said that the two have been interrogated extensively in recent times by court-related officials.
Mio Win Tun and Joe Naing Tun, two army members, made the confession, the report said. In the video of the confession, Mio Win Tun said that in August 2017, he went on a raid on a Rohingya village in Rakhine. The superior officer instructed, “Shoot at everything you see and hear.”
Mio Win Tun said he followed the instructions of high-ranking officials. He was involved in the killing of 30 Rohingya Muslims at the time, and was buried in a mass grave near a military base.
At the same time, another soldier, Joe Naing Tun, was doing the same thing in another suburb. He also received similar instructions. Joe Naing Tun said his superior’s instructions were: “Kill anyone you see, child or adult.”
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