The National Unity Government (NUG) of Myanmar has strongly supported the International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutorโs request for an arrest warrant against Min Aung Hlaing, Myanmarโs military leader, in connection with atrocities committed against the Rohingya population.
The ICC Prosecutor, Karim AA Khan, officially filed the request for an arrest warrant on November 27, 2024, which was confirmed in an ICC press release. This move comes as part of the ongoing investigation into the atrocities committed by Myanmarโs military, including mass killings, rape, and displacement of the Rohingya population in 2016 and 2017.
The Acting President of the National Unity Government, Duwa Lashi La, expressed support on X (formerly Twitter), stating: โ๐ ๐ค๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ #๐๐๐ ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ๐ค๐ถ๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ @๐๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐โ๐ด ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐จ. ๐๐ต ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ฎ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐๐บ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ข๐ณโ๐ด ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ, ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ข๐ณ๐ญ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐บ๐ข, ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ โ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐๐๐ ๐ช๐ด ๐ค๐ณ๐ช๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ณ๐ช๐ง๐ช๐ค, ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ถ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ค๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด. ๐๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ข๐ค๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ฃ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ.โ
The Prime Minister of the NUG, Mahn Win Khaing Than, also welcomed the request, urging the ICC to expand its actions:
โ๐๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ [๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ] ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฃ๐บ #๐๐๐ ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ๐ค๐ถ๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ค๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ต ๐๐ฐ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐บ๐ข. ๐๐ฆ ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ถ๐ณ๐จ๐ฆ ๐๐๐ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ต ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ค๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ต ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐๐ฐ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐บ๐ข ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ต ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฏ๐ช๐ค ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ญ๐ถ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ "๐๐ฏ๐บ๐ข๐ณ" ๐ณ๐ฆ๐จ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐บ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ.โ
The Foreign Minister, Daw Zin Mar Aung, remarked on the significance of this moment in Myanmarโs history, asserting on X:
โ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ #๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ข ๐ค๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐บ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ. ๐๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ข๐ค๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐บ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต.โ
In a Facebook post, in Burmese, she further called for unity among the revolutionary forces, saying: โ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ, ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฑ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฑ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ฆ๐ท๐ฐ๐ญ๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ง๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ต, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ข๐ญ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐บ ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ด๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ด๐ง๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฅ. ๐๐ฆ๐ต ๐ถ๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ ๐ข๐ด ๐ข ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ.โ
The Minister for International Cooperation, Dr. Sasa, also voiced strong support on X: โ๐๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ถ๐ต๐ข๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐บ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด ๐ค๐ณ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ต ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ค๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ.โ โ๐๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ค๐ณ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ต ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ. ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ท๐ข๐ช๐ญ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ท๐ฐ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐บ๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฏ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ขโ๐ด ๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐บ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ๐ด.โ
The ICCโs investigation into the Rohingya atrocities began in November 2019 and has since accumulated a substantial body of evidence pointing to Min Aung Hlaingโs involvement in crimes against humanity and genocide. This includes photographic and video evidence, as well as eyewitness testimonies, demonstrating the scale of the violence that took place from August to December 2017.
As the ICC moves forward with the request, judges will evaluate whether it meets the legal criteria for issuing an arrest warrant. Should the request be approved, efforts will be made to apprehend Min Aung Hlaing and hold him accountable for his actions.โฉ
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