YANGON, Myanmar --- Myanmar said Wednesday its leader Aung San Suu Kyi will head the legal team contesting a genocide case filed against it in the International Court of Justice over the crackdown on Rohingya Muslims two years ago that set off their exodus to Bangladesh. Myanmar's military has been accused of carrying out mass rapes, killings, and arsons against Rohingya during a counterinsurgency campaign initiated in western Myanmar in August 2017 after rebel attacks. Myanmar's population is overwhelmingly Buddhist, and the country has long denied citizenship and other rights to the Rohingya. Gambia filed the genocide case on behalf of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation,...
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