UN investigator: Myanmar junta attacks civilians to terrorize them as arms buys fuel war
UNITED NATIONS — The military-backed government in Myanmar is intentionally attacking civilians to terrorize them and force them into submission, and its increasing weapons purchases from China, Russia and elsewhere are fueling the conflict and the “catastrophic” human rights situation in the war-torn Southeast Asian nation, a U.N. rights investigator said. Kelley Currie told reporters…