The UN's human rights chief says Myanmar's persecution of the Rohingya Muslim minority has the potential to spark a regional conflict.
On Monday, Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein reiterated in Indonesia that acts of genocide and ethnic cleansing may have occurred in the campaign of violence against Rohingya that sparked an exodus of nearly 1 million people to neighboring Bangladesh.
Zeid said, "Myanmar faces a very serious crisis with a potentially severe impact on the security of the region."
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