MYANMAR banned the United Nations from carrying out human rights investigations yesterday as they denied abuses were being committed against Rohingya Muslims.

UN official Yanghee Lee was informed yesterday that she will not be granted access to visit Myanmar next month with the government claiming that a previous report by her was “biased and unfair.”

She had been due to assess human rights abuses in the country, including those against Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine state.