Seven Myanmar soldiers on trial admit to killing villagers: Witnesses

‘Seven Myanmarese soldiers have acknowledged during a rare court martial hearing that they were involved in the June killing of five villagers in northern Shan State, witnesses say.
On Thursday, villagers attending the closed-door proceedings, held two days earlier in the northern city of Lashio, said the soldiers had confessed to their role in the killings that took place in the remote village of Mong Yaw.
“The judge read the murder case reports and asked for confessions from the soldiers, who admitted they were responsible,” said Sai Kaung Kham, a Mong Yaw villager who has been helping the families attending the military trial.’
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