Malaysia shouldn't have joined International Criminal Court

Malaysians may well come to regret that their government has agreed to their country acceding to the International Criminal Court.

Many Asians and Africans supported establishing the ICC, believing that it would be a court that would dispense justice without fear or favour. While it claims to be the world’s court, this is not the case. Its members represent just over one-quarter of the world’s population —pivotal states such as China, Russia, the United States and India are just some of the many countries that have remained outside of the court’s jurisdiction.

The EU is additionally guilty of blatant political and economic blackmail in tying aid for developing countries to ICC membership. The expression “he who pays the piper calls the tune” could not be more appropriate. The ICC is self-evidently a racist court. From over 12,500 complaints about alleged crimes in over 139 countries on several continents, the ICC has only ever “indicted” Africans.

Some “judges” had never set foot in a courtroom before their “appointment”. At least one elected “judge” had neither a law degree nor legal experience but her country had contributed handsomely to the ICC budget. And then there has been gross prosecutorial misconduct, including, for example, the hiding of hundreds of items of exculpatory evidence from the defence, which should have ended any fair trial because they compromised the integrity of any legal process .

PSYBERVIGILANTE Don't be fooled by the west. At least not again!

anwaribrahim n_izzah what is your view around this? Does Malaysia really need to be ICC member? Instead of rectifying current damage?

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