\n Myanmar's powerful army should be removed from politics, UN investigators said Tuesday, as they released the final part of a damning report reiterating calls for top generals to be prosecuted for \"genocide\" against the Rohingya Muslim minority.\n<\/p>\n
\n A brutal military crackdown last year forced more than 700,000 Rohingya to flee over the border to Bangladesh.\n<\/p>\n
\n The UN's 444-page probe called for the military's top leadership to be replaced and for the institution - locally known as the Tatmadaw -- to have no further influence over the country's governance.\n<\/p>\n
\n Myanmar's military dominates the Buddhist-majority country, holding a quarter of seats in parliament and controlling three ministries.\n<\/p>\n
\n But the report said that the country's civilian leadership \"should further pursue the removal of the Tatmadaw from Myanmar's political life\", referring to the nation's armed forces.\n<\/p>\n
\n The UN's meticulously detailed analysis, based on 18 months' work and more than 850 in-depth interviews, calls on the international community to investigate military top brass for genocide, including commander-in-chief Min Aung Hlaing.\n<\/p>\n
\n Myanmar's army has denied nearly all wrongdoing, insisting the military campaign was justified to root out Rohingya insurgents.\n<\/p>\n
\n But the UN team said the military's tactics had been \"consistently and grossly disproportionate to actual security threats\".\n<\/p>\n
\n Investigators said the Tatmadaw should be restructured and that the process should begin by replacing the current leadership.\n<\/p>\n
\n Myanmar only emerged from military junta rule after 2011 and civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi's democratically-elected government remains in a delicate power balance with the generals.\n<\/p>\n
\n Their presence in parliament means they have an effective veto on constitutional changes, making any transition to full civilian control extremely difficult.\n<\/p>\n
\n The three key ministries -- home affairs, border and defence -- are also in their hands, giving them carte blanche to conduct security operations with little oversight.\n<\/p>\n
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