December 5, 2022

Authorities in Myanmar have launched an investigation after a group of women on their way to the market in Yangon region made a gruesome discovery early on Monday morning – 13 broken and waterlogged corpses believed to be members of the Rohingya ethnic group. The bodies were found near a trash pile in Hlegu township’s Ngwe Nant Thar village around 3:00 a.m., an eyewitness told RFA Burmese on condition of anonymity, citing security concerns. “They are definitely not from this village,” the witness said, adding that the victims appeared to range in age from 17 to 30 years old. “I

Police and junta troops detained well-known Myanmar religious leader Hkalam Samson at Mandalay International Airport as he tried to fly abroad for medical treatment. They released him on Monday after holding him overnight and put him on a plane back to Kachin state, his friends told RFA, but re-arrested him upon his arrival at Myitkyina Airport in Kachin. A Christian pastor, who did not want to be named for security reasons, said Hkalam Samson was temporarily detained as he was about to board a flight to Bangkok on Sunday. “Both of his phones were turned off this morning,” the pastor