(Reuters Photo)YANGON: Myanmar has already put in place measures to protect Rohingya Muslims, a spokesman for the ruling party said on Friday, shrugging off an order from the International Court of Justice to stop “genocidal” acts against the ethnic minority. The Hague-based court ordered Myanmar to protect the persecuted Rohingya against further atrocities and preserve evidence of alleged crimes, after The Gambia, a largely Muslim African nation, pressed a lawsuit in November accusing Myanmar of genocide. Some 600,000 Rohingya remain inside Myanmar, confined in apartheid-like conditions to camps and villages, unable to freely access healthcare and education. The next morning the front page of state-run newspaper the Global New Light of Myanmar read: “Myanmar takes note of ICJ decision. In separate statements on Friday, Britain and Malaysia urged Myanmar to fully implement the measures.

Source: Bangkok Post January 24, 2020 11:15 UTC