Group calls for ICC probe

A pro-democracy activist holds an image of Myanmar's ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi as they take part in the "Show Respect for Human Rights in Asia Peace March” in Tokyo on December 11, 2021. (Photo by Philip FONG/ AFP)

A human rights group has called on the International Criminal Court to open an investigation into the crackdown on dissent by Myanmar’s military rulers, alleging that the leader of the February coup in the South-East Asian nation is responsible for widespread and systematic torture.

The Myanmar Accountability Project said in a statement on Friday that there was sufficient evidence to open an investigation into the head of the country’s military-installed government, Senior Gen Min Aung Hlaing.