Comment: Why Asean must act on ICJ ruling on the Rohingya


Fleeing genocide: In this file photo taken on April 25,2018, Rohingya refugees gather behind a barbed-wire fence in a temporary settlement setup in a “no man’s land” border zone between Myanmar and Bangladesh. –AFP

Myanmar’s treatment of its ethnic minorities and its handling of the crisis in Rakhine state has implications for the entire region.

THE persecution of the Rohingya population, amounting to the gravest crimes under international law, has been hanging over Myanmar for decades.

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