Burmese generals should stand trial for atrocities against the Rohingya

WHEN Rohingya Muslims began fleeing from Myanmar to Bangladesh a year ago, the cause was obvious: the army had gone on the rampage. But the Burmese government maintained that the mass exodus from Rakhine state—723,000 people, by the UN’s count—stemmed from a simple misunderstanding. The army, it insisted, was just searching for Rohingya militants who had attacked police posts. It was only because of false rumours of military abuses, officials blithely declared, that villagers had taken fright and headed for the border.