At top U.N. court, Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi rejects charge of Rohingya genocide as 'misleading'
THE HAGUE - Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi, a Nobel Peace prize laureate, arrived at the World Court on Wednesday, to lead her country’s defense against accusations of genocide against its Rohingya Muslim minority.
Suu Kyi, Myanmar’s top political leader, shocked critics and galvanized supporters at home by traveling to The Hague to head her country’s delegation. Her office said she was going to “defend the national interest”. In three days of hearings this week, judges are hearing the first phase of the case: Gambia’s request for “provisional measures” - the equivalent of a restraining order against Myanmar to protect the Rohingya population until the case is heard in full.
More than 730,000 Rohingya fled Myanmar after the military launched a crackdown in western Rakhine state in August 2017. Most now live in crowded refugee camps in Bangladesh. Military spokesman Zaw Min Tun told the BBC’s Burmese language service on Wednesday the sanctions would have no effect as those named did not have assets in the United States. “Still, there is damage to our dignity,” he said.
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