Welcome to news asia glad you could join us we begin in myanmar where 2 Army Soldiers appear to have testified on camera that the army had carried out atrocities against the Rohingya Muslim minority these appear to be the 1st public confessions of the armys involvement in crimes against the 2 soldiers have been described as. Confessions were recorded in the custody of the army and. The army has been fighting we arent able to confirm these confessions were made voluntarily or under duress but heres what the soldiers said. Privates all said i quote we shot dead and wiped out according to the command of all irrespective of all children and adult private. Said a court. Give us an old up all you see and all you hear so we indiscriminately shot at all. Correspondent who covers the region joins me now from kuala lumpur whats your assessment of these videos i mean how. Old might they have been to do this. Well i can tell you that i saw a video that has been made public that came out made that
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