(UTV|COLOMBO) – Seven Myanmar soldiers have been sentenced to prison for their involvement in the killings of 10 Rohingya Muslim men last year, the BBC reported.
The military said in a statement the soldiers will serve 10 years with hard labour for “contributing and participating in murder”.
The army admitted for the first time earlier this year that its soldiers were involved in the killings.
Myanmar has been accused of carrying out ethnic cleansing in Rakhine state.
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