ICC chief prosecutor Karim Khan suspended by British bar association

THE HAGUE - Britain's Bar Standards Board said on Friday it had imposed an interim suspension of Karim Khan, who had been the International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor before he was suspended by the court on June 8 over sexual misconduct accusations.

"Under the BSB's Enforcement Regulations, the interim suspension must now be considered by an Interim Suspension Panel at a hearing within the next four weeks," the board said, adding that the suspension was effective immediately.

Khan, 56, denies the allegations made against him.

-Reporting by Stephanie van den Berg and Sudip Kar-Gupta; Editing by Makini Brice/Reuters