PETALING JAYA: The government was forced to retract acceding to the Rome Statute but 90% of the Cabinet was supportive of Malaysia signing the international treaty.
Reliable sources said the Cabinet decision was purely a political decision and that the Prime Minister and his ministers were upset that parties opposed to the statute whipped up racial and religious sentiments, even to the extent of involving the Rulers.
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