ICC prosecutor requests arrest warrants for head of Myanmar’s military regime

From a refugee camp in Bangladesh, the court’s top prosecutor, Karim Khan, said he intends to request more warrants for Myanmar’s leaders soon

Senior Gen Min Aung Hlaing is the head of Myanmar’s military regime (AP)

The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor has asked judges to issue an arrest warrant for the head of Myanmar’s military regime for crimes committed against the country’s Rohingya Muslim minority.

Senior Gen Min Aung Hlaing, who took power from elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi in a coup in 2021, is accused of crimes against humanity for the deportation and persecution of the Rohingya.