NEW YORK - A coalition of Muslim groups has filed suit in New York against Myanmar President Thein Sein and other government officials for alleged crimes against the Rohingya minority, which they say amount to genocide.
The suit comes a month ahead of critical elections, seen as a test of the nation's nascent democracy.
A spokesman for the president dismissed the civil suit Monday. "Myanmar is not a vassal to America. There's no reason why Myanmar would go and face the lawsuit of a federal court in America," he said.