The Hague ¨C The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) said on Wednesday he would seek an arrest warrant for Myanmar¡¯s military leader Min Aung Hlaing for crimes against humanity in the alleged persecution of the Rohingya, a mainly Muslim minority.
A spokesperson for Myanmar¡¯s ruling junta did not answer calls from Reuters immediately after the announcement. Reuters has requested comment from the military government by email.
A million Rohingya fled, most to neighboring Bangladesh, to escape a Myanmar military offensive launched in August 2017, a campaign that U.N. investigators have described as a text book example of ethnic cleansing.
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