Woman files assault case against soldiers

14 July 2020
Woman files assault case against soldiers

A grandmother from a village in Rakhine state has filed a rape complaint against three Myanmar Army soldiers she accused of assaulting her last month, RFA reported.

The 36-year-old mother of four children told police that she was repeatedly raped at gunpoint by the soldiers during an army sweep of U Gar village in Rathedaung township on June 30.

The soldiers had found her and several relatives hiding in a bomb shelter in their home as they searched for 14 July 2020 Arakan Army (AA) troops in the area, the report said.