‘She won’t be spared’: Rohingya refugees reject Aung San Suu Kyi’s genocide denial
December 12, 2019 — 10.06am
Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh: Rohingya refugees accused former Myanmar pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi of lying to the International Court of Justice in testimony on Wednesday in which she denied that her country’s armed forces were guilty of genocide against the Muslim minority group.
“A thief never admits he is a thief, but justice can be delivered through evidence. The world has obtained evidence from us,” he said at the Kutupalong refugee camp in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar district.
“Even if Suu Kyi lies, she won’t be spared. She will certainly face justice. The world should take steps against her,” he said.
Nur Kamal, another refugee at Kutupalong, also rejected Suu Kyi’s testimony.
“The military cordoned off people and killed them by opening fire, setting them ablaze – isn’t this genocide? Will this be justified if Syu Ki says so?” Kamal said.
“The world will not accept that. The whole world has seen the level of torture of us. It is still going on,” he said.
A legal team from Gambia, acting on behalf of the 57-country Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, asked the International Court of Justice in The Hague to take “all measures within its power to prevent all acts that amount to or contribute to the crime of genocide” in Myanmar.
Gambia alleged that genocide was committed and is ongoing.
Suu Kyi accused Gambia of providing a misleading and incomplete account of what happened in Myanmar’s Rakhine state in August 2017.
Her appearance at the court was striking in that she was defending the same military that kept her under house arrest for about 15 years.
