7 Myanmar soldiers sentenced to 10 years over Rohingya killings: Army

Seven soldiers in Myanmar were sentenced for their part in the extrajudicial killings of 10 Rohingya Muslim men, according to a Facebook post by the army chief late on Tuesday.

"Four officers have been purged (from the army) and given a 10-year prison sentence with hard labour. A further three soldiers were purged and given a 10-year prison sentence with hard labour in a criminal prison," the post read.

Myanmar’s military has been accused of violating human rights with impunity for decades, including in its conflicts with rebel groups.

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Most recently it has been accused of abuses during what it calls “clearance operations” against ethnic Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine state. More than 650,000 Rohingya have left Myanmar for Bangladesh, fleeing what the United Nations calls ethnic cleansing.

Myanmar’s military last week made a rare public admission of killing 10 Rohingya Muslims, whose bodies were found in a mass grave in a village in northern Rakhine.

(With inputs from Agencies)