PARLIAMENT Had Malaysia proceeded from initial interest to actual accession to the International Criminal Court (ICC), the prosecution of the guilty over the shooting down of MH17 would have been less difficult than it is now, Parliament was told.

Having campaigned for Malaysia’s accession to the ICC, DAP national vice-chairperson M Kulasegaran said the federal cabinet had agreed to the accession in 2011, but that the reservations of the attorney-general (AG) had held up matters.