At least 35 civilians including children and mothers were burned alive in their cars and massacred by junta troops on Christmas Eve while fleeing a clash in Kayah state, reports Sweden’s Global Bar Magazine.
Mark Farmaner, Director of Burma Campaign UK, tweeted in response to the UN Relief Chief’s call for the authorities to investigate: “The UN Relief Chief is the only person in the world who doesn’t know who carried out the Christmas Eve Massacre. Asking the perpetrators to investigate their own crimes is what the international community did for decades. It created a sense of impunity & encouraged more crimes.”