Junta forces Rohingyas to protest ethnic rebels in Myanmar’s Rakhine state

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Junta forces Rohingyas to protest ethnic rebels in Myanmar’s Rakhine state

Junta authorities in western Myanmar forced hundreds of Rohingya Muslims to protest an ethnic rebel offensive that has the military on the ropes in Rakhine state – and fining them if they didn’t participate, residents said Monday. It’s the latest bid by the junta to stoke ethnic tensions in the region, where a military clearance operation in 2017 killed thousands of Rohingyas and sent nearly 1 million fleeing into neighboring Bangladesh. Author…