Going by the same logic we should not have traffic laws because there are still accidents, says lawyer.
Lawyers for Liberty executive director Latheefa Koya has criticised Johor crown prince Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim's argument against Malaysia inking the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.
“Why are we still having traffic laws then - since we still have accidents? By your warped logic, let us get rid of traffic rules. A day before the prince's tweet, Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad announced that Malaysia would withdraw from the Rome Statute, a month after Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah had inked the Instrument of Accession.about one person in particular who had sown confusion over the matter because the latter wanted to be “free to beat up people and things like that".
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