HRW: Malaysia will face difficulty voicing concerns if not part of ICC


PETALING JAYA: Malaysia will have a much more difficult time raising key foreign policy issues that they are concerned about, if they are not a member of the International Criminal Court (ICC), says Human Rights Watch.

Its Asia deputy director Phil Robertson said this included the atrocities against the Rohingya in Myanmar and the situation in Yemen or Palestine.

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