ICC team probes Rohingya atrocities in Bangladesh

A team from the office of the International Criminal Court prosecutor was in Bangladesh on Wednesday for a preliminary probe into alleged atrocities committed against the Rohingya by the Myanmar military in 2017.

A statement emailed to AFP from the ICC confirmed the tour -- the maiden official visit by the ICC -- but said it was part of prosecutor office's "ongoing preliminary examinations concerning the situation in Bangladesh/Myanmar".

"A preliminary examination is not an investigation. Such visits in the context of preliminary examinations are standard practice, and the delegation will not engage in any evidence collection in relation to any alleged crimes," it said.

"The independent and impartial preliminary examination of the situation in Bangladesh/Myanmar is on-going and following its normal course," it added.

A Bangladeshi official said the ICC would visit Rohingya camps in the country's southeastern district of Cox's Bazar where some 740,000 Rohingya took refuge after they ...