Myanmar rejects UN probe on Rohingya abuses

Yangon: Myanmar rejected on Wednesday the findings of a UN probe alleging genocide by its military against the Rohingya, in a strident government response to a damning report on the crisis.

Myanmar has come under immense pressure this week over last year's military crackdown that pushed more than 700,000 of the Muslim minority into Bangladesh.

Monday's report by a UN fact-finding mission said there was evidence of genocide and crimes against humanity "perpetrated on a massive

scale".

In a session of the UN Security Council late Tuesday several countries -- including the United States -- called for Myanmar's military leaders to face international justice.

But Myanmar on Wednesday rejected the remit of the UN mission and its

findings.

"We didn't allow the FFM (the UN Fact-Finding Mission) to enter into Myanmar, that's why we don't agree and accept any resolutions made by the Human Rights Council," government spokesman Zaw Htay said according to the state-run Global New Light of Myanmar newspaper.

He pointed to the formation of Myanmar's own Independent Commission of Enquiry, which he said was set up to respond to "false allegations made by the UN agencies and other international

communities".