Barred UN Myanmar rights envoy set to visit Thailand, Malaysia

06 July 2019
Barred UN Myanmar rights envoy set to visit Thailand, Malaysia
United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of Human Rights in Myanmar, South Korean university professor Yanghee Lee, addresses the media in Dhaka, Bangladesh, 25 January 2019. Photo: Monirul Alam/EPA

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Yanghee Lee, will visit Thailand and Malaysia from 8-18 July.

“Despite Myanmar’s position, I will continue to reach out and seek to engage to provide the Government with assistance on human rights issues,” the Special Rapporteur said 5 July.

Myanmar refuses to cooperate with the Special Rapporteur, and will not allow her access to the country.

In her latest comments on the Muslim Rohingya, Lee claimed the government camps for displaced Rohingya in Rakhine State resembled Nazi concentration camps, according to a Reuters report.

Lee will hold a news conference at 4 pm on 18 July at the Marriott Hotel in Kuala Lumpur.

The Special Rapporteur will present her findings and recommendations to the 74th session of the General Assembly in New York in October 2019.