Bersatu MP accuses PM of 'misleading' Dewan Rakyat on Icerd, Rome Statute

Former foreign minister Saifuddin Abdullah has referred Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim to the Parliament's Rights and Privileges Committee for allegedly misleading the august house and imputing improper motives against him.

Speaking to reporters in Parliament, Saifuddin quoted Anwar's remark in the Dewan Rakyat on Tuesday, "...on the Rome Statute and Icerd (International Convention on Elimination of Racial Discrimination), you have to ask Indera Mahkota (Saifuddin). He pursued it without cabinet’s approval at the time".

Saifuddin cited a cabinet meeting held in December 2018...