Ku Li: Rulers could have been 'ill-advised' on Rome Statute
Monday, 8 Apr 20197:24 PM MYT
by tarrence tan, martin carvalho, hemananthani sivanandam, and rahimy rahim
KUALA LUMPUR: The Conference of Rulers could have been “ill-advised” on the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC), says Umno stalwart Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah (pic).
“Perhaps they had been advised that it could have an effect which may be detrimental to their positions as heads of states or as Rulers,” he said.
Tengku Razaleigh was speaking to reporters when met at Parliament lobby on Monday (April 8).
The Gua Musang MP however refused to comment on the government’s decision to withdraw from the Rome Statute.
“Like I said, it depends on the perspective with which you look at. If the government decided to withdraw the support for the ratification of the convention, I go along with that,” he said.
“The government did not agree to ratify it, although it was passed by the United Nations a long time ago,” he added.
On Sunday (April 7), a group of student activists claimed that a summary paper prepared by a group of academics to convince the Conference of Rulers to reject the Rome Statute was one sided.
Last Friday (April 5), Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad announced the withdrawal from the Rome Statute, blaming confusion created by one particular person “who wants to be free to beat up people and things like that”.
The ICC governs the prosecution of perpetrators of genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity, and crimes of aggression.
Read more at https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2019/04/08/ku-li-rulers-could-have-been-ill-advised-on-rome-statute/#8AVC75r3mz4QkPiO.99
