ASIATODAY.ID, JAKARTA – International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutors have submitted an arrest warrant for the head of the Myanmar junta for the deportation and persecution of Rohingya Muslims.
“After a thorough, independent and impartial investigation, my Office has concluded that there are sufficient grounds to believe that Senior General and Acting President Min Aung Hlaing, Supreme Commander of the Myanmar Defense Forces, bears criminal responsibility for crimes against humanity of deportation and “persecution against the Rohingya, carried out in Myanmar, and partly in Bangladesh,” said Karim Khan, ICC prosecutor on Wednesday, November 27, 2024.
According to the prosecutor, these crimes were committed from August 25 to December 31 2017 by the Myanmar Armed Forces, and supported by the national police, border police and non-Rohingya civilians.
Stating that this was the first application for an arrest warrant against a top Myanmar government official filed by the prosecutor’s office, he added: “There will be further (arrest) applications.”
Khan emphasized that the application was submitted based on various evidence from a number of sources such as witness statements, documentary evidence, as well as legitimate scientific materials, photos and videos.
“I would like to express my deepest gratitude to the Rohingya. “More than a million members of their community have been forced to flee violence in Myanmar,” Khan said.
“We thank all those who have provided testimony and support to my Office, those who have shared their stories, those who have provided us with information and materials,” he continued. (AT Network)
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