Pernyataan Beshir terjadi setelah jaksa agung Sudan pekan lalu mengumumkan bahwa Haroun akan diperiksa sebagai penjahat perang di wilayah Sudan barat, meskipun masalah sudah dijelaskan sebagai satu kekeliruan dari pengadilan negara.
Beshir's remarks came after last week's announcement by Sudan's general prosecutor that Haroun would be questioned over crimes in the troubled western Sudanese region, despite having been earlier cleared of any wrongdoing by the country's judiciary.