Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi (centre) leaving with her diplomat team from the Naypyitaw International Airport in Myanmar on Sunday (Dec 8) ahead of her appearance at the International Court of Justice in The Hague to defend the country against genocide charges. - AFP
YANGON/THE HAGUE: Former democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi is set to make legal history when she defends Myanmar in The Hague this week against charges of genocide targeting the Buddhist state's minority Rohingya Muslims.
The tiny west African state of Gambia, acting on behalf of the 57-nation Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, will ask the International Court of Justice to take emergency measures to halt Myanmar's "ongoing genocidal actions".
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