THE HAGUE (Reuters) -The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) said on Wednesday he would seek an arrest warrant for Myanmar's military leader Min Aung Hlaing for crimes against humanity in the alleged persecution of the Rohingya, a mainly Muslim minority.

Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing is accused of crimes against humanity for the deportation and persecution of the Rohingya.

By Shoon Naing and Devjyot Ghoshal (Reuters) -Just days after the United Nations accused his military of brutally driving what eventually became 1 million Rohingya out of the country, Myanmar's then-army chief Min Aung Hlaing declared his position on the minority Muslim community.