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

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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.