WASHINGTON (AP) — A senior Democratic lawmaker says he supports referring North Korea to the International Criminal Court after a U.N. commission of inquiry found evidence of crimes against humanity.

The comments by Rep. Eliot Engel of New York, the senior Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, come after a U.N. panel published results of a one-year investigation and warned North Korean leader Kim Jong Un that he may be held accountable for orchestrating widespread crimes against civilians.

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