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Myanmar’s military has detained for investigation three soldiers accused of raping and murdering a 55-year-old ethnic Kachin farmer, but the slain woman’s family, neighbors, and activists say they fear the military’s legal system lacks the transparency to ensure justice will be served.
The incident took place in the country’s northernmost Kachin state, near Myanmar’s border with China, in a region has seen fighting between a local army and the military junta that overthrew the elected civilian government in a coup on Feb. 1, triggering widespread protests and armed clashes.
Khaw Ywe, a resident of a small village in Kachin state’s Bhamo district, went missing July 14.