Chin Peng: Next stop, the International Court of Justice?

SEPT 30 – Malaysia stands to be embarrassed internationally if former Communist Party of Malaya leader Chin Peng takes his grievance to the International Court of Justice: it will show up the government as having reneged on several important legally-binding obligations to the CPM.

A plain reading of the two agreements and a communiqué between the Government of Malaysia and the CPM signed on December 2, 1989 in Haadyai, Thailand, states clearly the rights and obligations of both sides.

But an examination of events since that historic day – called by one commentator the finest hour in Malaysian history – shows that while the CPM kept to its side of the bargain, the Malaysian government was somewhat cavalier in keeping its obligations under the “Agreement Between The Government of Malaysia and the Communist Party of Malaya To Terminate Hostilities’’ and the “Administrative Agreement Between The Government of Malaysia and the Communist Party of Malaya Pursuant To The Agreement To Terminate Hostilities.’’ - + selanjutnya

Chin Peng: Next stop, the International Court of Justice?