Maung Nu

Maung Nu
မောင်နူ
Monu Para
Maung Nu
Location in Myanmar (Burma)
Coordinates: 20°57′03″N 92°31′49″E / 20.9507808685303°N 92.5303802490234°E / 20.9507808685303; 92.5303802490234
Country Myanmar
DivisionRakhine State
DistrictMaungdaw District
TownshipButhidaung Township
Time zoneUTC+6.30 (MMT)

Maung Nu (Burmese: မောင်နူ), also known as Monu Para, is a village in the Buthidaung Township of Rakhine State, Myanmar, near the Bangladesh–Myanmar border. It is the site of an alleged massacre by the Myanmar Army, carried out against Rohingyas in the village on 27 August 2017.