 In a press conference, September 13, 2017 -- at the height of the Rohingya genocide (the persecution of, and attacks upon, Myanmar's mostly-Muslim ethnic minority, the Rohingya) -- Min Ko Naing had reportedly appeared with a group of 88 Generation Peace and Open Society activists, at which the attendees issued a written statement denying the version of events portrayed in prominent international media.Speaking at the event, Naing sided with Myanmar's civilian government in its harsh dealing with the Rohingya community.Naing said that the problems in Rakhine's state were not religious or racial, but rather were about terrorism and immigration laws -- stating that the Rohingya "are not one of 135 ethnic groups in Myanmar.”