8/8/22, 9:18 PM New evidence shows how Myanmar's military planned the Rohingya purge One of the two MPs, Shwe Maung, who had been critical of the authorities’ treatment of the Rohingya, has been in the United States since 2015 for fear of being arrested if he returns to Myanmar. His advocacy for the Rohingya in parliament had made him “a target,” he told Reuters. Rohingya weren’t allowed to vote in the election that brought Suu Kyi to power in 2015, and Shwe Maung was barred from running. Since the purge in Rakhine, some people named in the CIJA documents have been promoted. Among them is the former head of the 33rd Light Infantry Division, Aung Aung, who was promoted to head the Southwestern Command, according to local media. Border Guard Police chief Thura San Lwin was transferred to a top police post in the capital Naypyitaw, according to local reports. Aung Aung didn’t respond to questions from Reuters. A United Nations body also has been gathering evidence about the military’s actions in Rakhine, and since the coup has expanded its work to cover the junta’s actions. In March, the UN said the army’s actions since seizing power – including extrajudicial killings, air strikes and arson in populated areas – could amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity. CIJA wound down its Myanmar fact-finding operation in late April. Wiley said international criminal justice is a “long game,” but he believes CIJA has amassed “really good evidence.” “We get convictions,” he added. “The challenge is arrests.”  A Rohingya refugee in Balukhali refugee camp at dawn near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, in March 2018. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/myanmar-rohingya-warcrimes-investigation/ 30/34