A fugitive Vietnamese businesswoman was sentenced to 10 years in jail on Thursday, her second sentence in absentia as the country's communist authorities push on with an anti-corruption purge.
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia plans to participate in an oral session of the International Court of Justice in February next year in order to submit a statement on obtaining an advisory opinion on the Palestinian conflict, says Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir , who asked why Malaysia has yet to make a firm statement regarding the Palestinian-Israeli conflict by calling for Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to be referred to the International Criminal Court .
The then prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said Malaysia is not against the Rome Statute but decided to withdraw “because of the political confusion about what it entails, caused by people with vested interests”. The Rome Statute is the treaty that establishes the ICC.
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