The rocky dispute between Malaysia and Singapore over Batu Puteh

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Malaysia’s territorial dispute with Singapore over the rocky island went on for 23 years before it was referred to the International Court of Justice in 2003.   Read More: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2024/07/03/the-rocky-dispute-between-malaysia-and-singapore-on-batu-puteh/     Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com  Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5  Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM  Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h  Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp  Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX  Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb  Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj  Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  Download FMT News App:  Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46  App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ  Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP   #FMTNews #BatuPuteh #Dispute #Singapore

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00:00About 14km south of Tanjung Punyusup, Johor lies a small island made up of granite rocks

00:08known as Batu Putih.

00:10Fishermen passing by the outcrop might have dismissed it for its insignificant size.

00:15But in reality, Batu Putih and two of its neighbouring maritime features, Middle Rocks

00:20and South Ledge, were the source of a rocky dispute between Malaysia and Singapore that

00:24lasted for 28 years.

00:27The controversy could be traced back to 1979 when Malaysia published a map showing Batu

00:32Putih within its territorial waters.

00:34However, Singapore formally rejected the Malaysian map in a diplomatic note issued the next year.

00:41The two countries eventually agreed to refer the matter to the International Court of Justice

00:46after failing to resolve their dispute following a series of intergovernmental talks.

00:51In 2008, the ICJ ruled that Batu Putih belonged to Singapore, Middle Rocks to Malaysia and

00:57South Ledge to the state in the territorial waters in which it is located.

01:02In 2017, the Barisan National Government, led by Najib Razak, filed an application to

01:07review the court's judgement.

01:08However, the new Pakatan Harapan government, helmed by Dr Mahathir Mohamad, withdrew the

01:13application in 2018.

01:16Mahathir had since defended his decision to discontinue the case, saying that several international

01:21lawyers had told him that Malaysia lacked the silver bullet needed to secure victory.

01:26In February this year, Yang di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Ibrahim agreed to set up a Royal Commission

01:31of Inquiry to review the handling of the case.

01:35Former Chief Justice Rauz Sharif was appointed the RCI Chairman while retired Federal Court

01:40Judge Zainon Ali will be his deputy.

01:44Natasha Bust, FMT News.

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