The Government of Myanmar regrets the majority decision of the Pre-Trial Chamber 1 of International Criminal Court (“the Court”), asserting that it may exercise jurisdiction with regard to Myanmar. Myanmar resolutely rejects the decision which is the result of faulty procedure and is of dubious legal merit, said in the press release of the President Office.

Judges from five other provinces in the Northeast were in Kalasin on Monday examining a pilot project that allows underprivileged defendants to remain free pending trial without the need to post bail.