Shamrahayu A. Aziz

Shamrahayu binti A. Aziz (Jawi: شمرحايو بنت عبد العزيز; born 5 June 1968) is a law lecturer at the Ahmad Ibrahim Kulliyyah of Laws (AIKOL), International Islamic University of Malaysia (IIUM), Malaysia, and the incumbent Institution of the Malay Rulers Chair at Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM). She writes weekly as a columnist on the Malay daily newspaper, Berita Harian, She is also a Principal Fellow at the Institute of Islamic Understanding Malaysia (IKIM).

Personal life Shamrahayu was born on 5 June 1968 in the state of Kelantan, Malaysia. At the age of 23, she resumed her studies at the International Islamic University of Malaysia in civil law and Sharia law. She later took a master's degree in comparative laws (MCL) at the same university in 1993.

The research and presentation were both done confidentially, but was exposed by nine university students who condemned the move done by the four academicians to advise the Malay Rulers as Malaysia under the Pakatan Harapan government was in the motion to sign the controversial treaty.

Among the contents of the presentation included the explanation of the position of the Malay Rulers, especially the Yang di-Pertuan Agong or King of Malaysia, and their role and positions as heads of the states and the supreme head of the federation respectively which shall be affected upon the signing of the Rome Statute. When the treaty is signed, the agreement has to be taken without any exclusion or reservations, which would open to tainting the sovereignty of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong as the Commander-in-Chief of the Malaysian Armed Forces, by allowing him to be brought to the International Criminal Court.

The four academicians were mostly condemned by the government, including Port Dickson Member of Parliament and Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) President, Dato' Seri Anwar Ibrahim who described the research and summary as a biased one. Deputy Minister of Education, Teo Nie Ching informed that the ministry shall discuss on the action to be taken against these four academicians,

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