The head of the UN body investigating violence against civilians in Myanmar has said those who crushed opponents of the military coup will be held accountable.
According to the International News Agency, Nicholas Komjian, the head of the UN agency investigating the most serious crimes in Myanmar, has said that more than 1.5 million pieces of evidence of violence against civilians have been found in Myanmar, on the basis of which those responsible have been arrested. War crimes will be accounted for.
Nicolas Komjian added that since the army took power on February 1, more than 200,000 complaints have been received and 1.5 million pieces of evidence have been collected, proving that the army has carried out systematic and large-scale attacks on civilians and Humanity is committing atrocities.
The head of the UN investigative agency also said that the army and police had resorted to violence against civilians in order to crush protesters against the military coup in various places. Illegal arrests are being made.
The UN fact-finding body was set up by the Geneva-based Human Rights Council in September 2018 to gather evidence of the most serious international crimes and violations of international law in Myanmar since January 1, 2011.
The body is headed by US lawyer Nicholas Komjian, who previously served as international prosecutor for serious crimes in Cambodia, East Timor and Bosnia.
It should be noted that international investigations into the genocide of Rohingya Muslims are already underway against the Myanmar army and since the military coup, opposition citizens have also been killed and imprisoned.
