UN envoy urges Myanmar to hold 'proper' probe into Rohingya allegations

Myanmar must hold a "proper investigation" into alleged atrocities against the Muslim Rohingya, a UN Security Council envoy said today after the highest-level diplomatic visit to the conflict area.

"In order to have accountability there must be a proper investigation," Britain's UN ambassador Karen Pierce told reporters, after visiting both the Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh and Myanmar's restive Rakhine state from where they were driven out.