Myanmar rejects UN probe findings of Rohingya ‘genocide’

YANGON, Myanmar--- Myanmar rejected Wednesday the findings of a UN probe alleging genocide by its military against the Rohingya, after the US and other countries joined growing calls for the accused to face justice. Myanmar has come under immense pressure this week over last year's military crackdown that pushed more than 700,000 of the Muslim minority into Bangladesh. On Monday, a UN probe detailed evidence of genocide and crimes against humanity "perpetrated on a massive scale" towards the Rohingya Muslim minority, including acts of rape, sexual violence and mass killings. In a session of the UN Security Council a day later several countries--- including the US, Britain, F...

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