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Protesters in Myanmar demand justice after 2-year-old raped

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Last Updated : Jul 06 2019 | 4:20 PM IST

Hundreds of people marched to Myanmar's Central Investigation Department on Saturday in Yangon to demand justice for a 2-year-old girl who was allegedly raped at her nursery school in the country's capital in May.

A 29-year-old suspect, Aung Kyaw Myo, was rearrested on Wednesday and charged in the case the next day, Myanmar's deputy police chief, Aung Naing Thu, told reporters on Friday in Naypyitaw, the capital. Aung Kyaw Myo was initially arrested in
"Myanmar has signed the Convention on the Rights of the Child and it has to protect children," Diamond said. "As far as we could see from the government investigation activities and the statements that police put out, we have seen some dubious facts."
"We want justice. We don't want innocent to be accused ..." Aung Htike Min said the march was organized to "demand justice," adding, "We want transparency."

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First Published: Jul 06 2019 | 4:20 PM IST

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