Myanmar’s top leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, the defence Wednesday of his country, accused of genocide of the rohingya.
It is not up to an international court to determine what is happening with the stateless people of rohingya in Myanmar.
How does it sound from the Myanmar top leader, Aung San Suu Kyi.
She is Wednesday in place of The International Court of justice in the Hague to defend Myanmar, which is accused of the crime of genocide on the rohingya.
And here she stresses that there is talk about an “internal armed conflict”, which is “complex and not easy to comprehend”.
The former demokratiikon adds that the case against Myanmar are “incomplete and misleading”. Her announcement comes the day after the Gambia, which has raised the matter, gave his views on Myanmar’s treatment of rohingya.
– the Gambia has given an incomplete and misleading picture of the factual situation in the Rakhine state in Myanmar, says Aung San Suu Kyi.
Myanmar beat in 2017 down hard on the rohingya, who are mainly muslims. They live mainly in Myanmar, Pakistan and Bangladesh.
About 730.000 rohingya were sent fleeing from Myanmar to Bangladesh. According to the united nations happened as a result of a’s military campaign, which had genocide in mind.
Witnesses and victims told on Tuesday about the mass rapes, knivdrab on children and the burning of families in their homes during the alleged genocide. All the while sat Aung San Suu Kyi motionless and listened.
on Wednesday acknowledged Myanmar-the head, however, that the country’s military at times may have used excessive force.
Aung San Suu Kyi has in the past been hailed democratic icon defied Myanmar’s military in the fight for freedom. It meant that she in 1991 was awarded the Nobel peace prize.
Since 2016, she has been at the forefront of Myanmar as the country’s civilian leader.
A UN mission has previously concluded that the “most serious crimes under international law” have been committed in Myanmar.
No court has however held that there has been genocide.
/ritzau/Reuters
