Pakistan, Dec. 11 -- Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi is set to speak out in Myanmar's defence at the UN's top court on Wednesday (Dec 11), a day after the former democracy icon was urged to "stop the genocide" against Rohingya Muslims.

Suu Kyi is expected to tell ICJ judges that Myanmar was conducting legitimate operations against Rohingya militants, that it has carried out its own investigations into the bloodshed and that the court has no jurisdiction in the case. Huge crowds are expected to turn out in Yangon to watch Suu Kyi speak via livestream amid a groundswell of support in Myanmar, where the woman dubbed "The Lady" is still widely loved.

Gambia, a tiny, mainly Muslim West African country, filed a lawsuit in November accusing Bu...