A leaked email obtained by the Myanmar Accountability Project (MAP) has revealed that United Nations boats have been used to transport Burmese military junta officials to Bangladesh, with U.N. markings removed from the boats beforehand.
The leaked email, which was seen by The Epoch Times, was sent by U.N. resident coordinator in Burma (also known as Myanmar) Ramanathan Balakrishnan to members of the U.N. country team on March 16.
In the email, Balakrishnan said the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the U.N. World Food Program “provided their boats to the Myanmar repatriation pilot mission for its trip from Mangudaw to Teknaf” on March 15 after getting “a very firm request” from the junta….