Overview

• The UN’s Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar reported on Sept. 29 that authorities systematically razed Rohingya villages, mosques, cemeteries and farmland after the 2017 expulsions.
• Investigators say cleared land was converted into security infrastructure, including a military base built over Inn Din with new roads, fortified compounds and two helipads.
• The report cites witness testimony, geospatial imagery, video and official records, and alleges private contractors supplied machinery and labor under state contracts.
• The release precedes a UN high-level meeting on Rohingya returns, with the IIMM chief noting many former homes and entire villages no longer exist.
• The mechanism warns of deep funding shortfalls that could halt its open-source work after 2025, while Amnesty International says pushing repatriation now would be dangerously premature given ongoing violence and restrictions in Rakhine.