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November 27, 2024 | 09:28 pm
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) is seeking an arrest warrant for Myanmar's junta leader, Min Aung Hlaing, for crimes against humanity related to the alleged persecution of the Rohingya Muslim minority.
Below are facts about the case, the Rohingya exodus, and the 68-year-old general's role in Myanmar's intractable conflicts.
ALLEGED GANG-RAPES, MASS KILLINGS
More than 730,000 Rohingya fled Myanmar to Bangladesh, escaping a military offensive in August 2017 while Min Aung Hlaing was armed forces chief under a civilian-led government. U.N. investigators later described the campaign as a "textbook example of ethnic cleansing", citing widespread atrocities including mass killings, sexual violence, and the destruction of villages.
Soldiers, police, and Buddhist villagers are alleged to have razed hundreds of villages in the remote western Rakhine state.
The offensive was in response to raids by Rohingya insurgents on 30 police posts and an army base in Rakhine State, where, according to the military, at least 12 members of the security forces were killed.
Myanmar's government at the time denied the allegations, saying security forces were carrying out legitimate operations against militants.
In 2020, the U.N. special envoy to Myanmar accused the military of war crimes in Rakhine after civilians were struck by air and artillery attacks during its conflict with insurgents.
The Rohingya comprise the world's biggest stateless population and more than a million now live in sprawling camps in Bangladesh having fled violence in Myanmar.
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