Military Council ministers visited Rakhine to counter Rohingya genocide case against the Myanmar government filed at the ICJ International Court of Justice

BNI
Wednesday, February 08, 2023

Military Council ministers visited Rakhine to counter Rohingya genocide case against the Myanmar government filed at the ICJ International Court of Justice

The Military Council sent a ministerial team led by U Ko Ko Hlaing, Deputy Chairman of the Steering Committee on Litigation at the ICJ and Minister of International Cooperation, to visit Rakhine state to prepare a counter- claim to the genocide charges filed by Gambia (western African state) against Myanmar at the International Court of Justice (ICJ).

The Gambia has filed a case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), claiming that Myanmar military committed genocidal crimes against Rohingya Muslims during the 2017 riots in the Maungdaw region of Rakhine State.