ICC prosecutor seeks arrest warrant for Myanmar junta chief
The Peninsula
The Hague: The International Criminal Court s chief prosecutor on Wednesday asked judges to grant an arrest warrant for Myanmar s junta chief Min Aung...
The Hague: 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.
This included crimes of deportation and persecution, allegedly committed between 25 August and 31 December 2017, Khan added.
Myanmar's junta rejected the prosecutor's move, saying that as the country is not a member of the court, "the statements of the ICC have never been recognised."
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