18-03-2018 20:13 via yahoo.com

Australia AG rejects lawyers' bid to prosecute Myanmar’s Suu Kyi

By Colin Packham and Alison BevegeSYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's attorney general said that Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has diplomatic immunity, rejecting a bid by activist lawyers to have her face charges for crimes against humanity over the country's treatment of minority Rohingya Muslims.Lawyer Alison Battisson said she filed the private prosecution on behalf of Australia's Rohingya community on Friday in Melbourne Magistrates Court and had not had a formal response from Attorney General
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