There are reasons to believe that General and Acting President Min Aung Hlaing, Supreme Commander in Myanmar, bears responsibility for crimes against humanity, says Karim Khan, and refers to evidence collected in Myanmar and among refugees in Bangladesh.
Around one million people have been forced to flee when Myanmar's military regime has engaged in what has been described as ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya minority in the state of Rakhine.
The ICC's Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan has become globally renowned and controversial after similar demands for the arrest of Russia's President Vladimir Putin and Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
However, it may take a long time for the ICC to take a stance on Khan's claims. In the case of Netanyahu, it took half a year between Khan's request in May until an arrest warrant was issued in November. And the prospects are often small of getting sitting world leaders arrested.
Since Myanmar is not a member of the ICC, its statements have never been recognized, writes the military junta's press service in response to the ICC's demands, according to AP.
