‘Next, Netanyahu can visit Malaysia’: anger and ridicule as Anwar shakes Myanmar leader’s ‘bloodstained’ hands

Protests, condemnation and a wave of online ridicule greeted Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim's red-carpet welcome for Min Aung Hlaing, the Myanmar military leader cited for crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Court (ICC), with some suggesting that Malaysia may have cleared the path for a similar visit by Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu, who is also facing war crimes charges.

It comes as Anwar went ahead and shook hands with Min Aung Hlaing during a state welcome, in what is perhaps the first time a Malaysian government has ever allowed an official visit by a head of state wanted for war crimes.

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