Myanmar's army released a report on Monday denying all allegations of rape and killings by security forces, having days earlier replaced the general in charge of the operation that drove more than 600,000 Rohingya Muslims to flee to Bangladesh.
No reason was given for Maj. Gen. Maung Maung Soe being transferred from his post as head of Western Command in Rakhine state, where Myanmar's military, known as the Tatmadaw, launched a sweeping counterinsurgency operation in August.
"I don't know the reason why he was transferred," Maj. Gen. Aye Lwin, deputy director of the psychological warfare and public relation department at the Ministry of Defense, told Reuters. "He wasn't moved into any position at present. He has been put in reserve."