ICC prosecutor seeks arrest warrant for Myanmar’s junta leader for crimes against humanity

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27 November 2024 at 5:05 am·1-min read

The International Criminal Court tries suspected war criminals.

The top prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Wednesday asked judges to grant an arrest warrant for Myanmar’s junta leader. Min Aung Hlaing is suspected of committing crimes against humanity through the deportation and persecution of the mainly Muslim Rohingya minority which accuse the military of mass killings and rape. Some 750,000 Rohingya are estimated to have fled to neighbouring Bangladesh.

The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor on Wednesday asked judges to grant an arrest warrant for Myanmar's junta chief Min Aung Hlaing over alleged crimes against humanity committed against Rohingya Muslims.

Karim Khan's request to the court's Hague-based judges is the first application for an arrest warrant against a high-level Myanmar government official in connection with abuses against the Rohingya people.

"After an extensive, independent and impartial investigation, my office has concluded that there are reasonable grounds to believe that Senior General and Acting President Min Aung Hlaing... bears criminal responsibility for crimes against humanity," Khan said in a statement.

"More will follow," warned the prosecutor.

(AFP)

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