Seven Myanmar soldiers sentenced to 10 years for Rohingya massacre

Ten Rohingya Muslim men with their hands bound kneel in Inn Din village September 1, 2017. (Reuters)

Seven Myanmar soldiers have been sentenced to “10 years in prison with hard labor in a remote area” for participating in a massacre of 10 Rohingya Muslim men in a village in northwestern Rakhine state last September, the army said on Tuesday.

The military said in a statement published on Commander-in-Chief Min Aung Hlaing’s office Facebook page that seven soldiers have had “action taken against them” for “contributing and participating in murder”.