Syed Hamid: Malaysia should take Myanmar to ICC over treatment of Rohingyas

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Syed Hamid: Malaysia should take Myanmar to ICC over treatment of Rohingyas.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 26 — Former foreign affairs minister Tan Sri Syed Hamid Albar has said that Malaysia should consider taking the Myanmar government to the International Criminal Court over the Rohingya genocide.

“The perpetrators of the crime of genocide, crime against humanity and gross violation must be brought to justice. It is about humanity and justice," he reportedly told journalists at the International Symposium On The Path To Justice For The Rohingyas here today.

 

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