Myanmar's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi holds a talk with scholars at Yangon University in Yangon, Myanmar August 28, 2018. REUTERS/Ann Wang
STAVANGER, Norway (Reuters) - The Nobel Peace Prize to Aung San Suu Kyi will not be withdrawn in the light of a United Nations report that said Myanmar's military carried out mass killings of Muslim Rohingya, the Norwegian Nobel Committee said on Wednesday.
On Monday, U.N. investigators said Myanmar's military carried out mass killings and gang rapes with "genocidal intent", and the commander-in-chief and five generals should be prosecuted for the gravest crimes under international law.
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