Suu Kyi tell UN's top court charge of Rohingya genocide is 'misleading'

THE HAGUE - Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Wednesday rejected accusations of genocide committed against her country’s Muslim Rohingya minority as “incomplete and misleading”, and said the case should not be heard by the UN’s highest court.

“Gambia has placed an incomplete and misleading picture of the factual situation in Rakhine state in Myanmar,” she said. “Surely, under the circumstances, genocidal intent cannot be the only hypothesis,” she told the panel of 17 judges. “Can there be genocidal intent on the part of a state that actively investigates, prosecutes and punishes soldiers and officers that are accused of wrongdoing?”

The tribunal has no enforcement powers, but its rulings are final and carry significant international weight.

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