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Today the Deputy Judge President of the North Gauteng High Court dismissed with costs an urgent application brought by the Muslim Lawyers Association (MLA) that SAPS immediately register an investigation against President Barack Hussein Obama of the United States of America for the alleged commission of international crimes committed in Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia, Yemen, Pakistan and the US.

The MLA required that the National Director of Public Prosecution make a decision whether or not to prosecute the President within three days of the registration of the investigation by SAPS. The lawyers also sought relief against the Office of the President.

The relief sought by the Applicant was opposed by the National Director as well as the other State Departments, who were cited as Respondents. The Deputy Judge President found that the lawyers had failed to make out a case for urgency and consequently struck the case from the roll for urgent applications.