95 Rohingya in Myanmar face jail as Hague hears 'genocide' case

95 Rohingya in Myanmar face jail as Hague hears 'genocide' case

Channel NewsAsia - Asia·2019-12-11 19:01

About 740,000 Rohingya fled to neighbouring Bangladesh after a bloody 2017 military crackdown in which thousands of people were killed. (Photo: AFP/Fred Dufour)

PATHEIN, Myanmar: Nearly 100 Rohingya appeared in a Myanmar court Wednesday (Dec 11) after being arrested for trying to flee persecution, their lawyer said, as leader Aung San Suu Kyi addressed the UN's top court to deny allegations of a genocidal campaign against the ethnic minority.

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