KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): Genocide, war crimes, humanitarian crimes and invasion would come under Malaysian laws if the country ratified the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC), says Foreign Minister Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah.
He said after ratification, the new laws must be included in local legislation, either through the amendment of existing Acts or creating new ones."It is at the international level. After it is ratified , the four international crimes should be criminalised in local courts."After we create the laws or Acts, if there is someone or a leader, but not the King, not the royalty involved in the crimes, the Malaysian courts may prosecute him or her.
Saifuddin clarified that the ICC was meant to be the last resort in cases where the country involved clearly did not take any action against the offender. On April 5, Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad announced that Malaysia had withdrawn from ratifying the Rome Statute due to political confusion among the people.
The ICC is the first agreement-based international criminal court aimed at ending immunity to the most serious criminal offenders considered a threat to the international community involving genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity and invasion.
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