M’sia dropping challenge on Pulau Batu Puteh claim, S’pore told

PUTRAJAYA: The International Court of Justice has informed Singapore that Malaysia is discontinuing the proceeding it has applied to revise the international court’s ruling that gave Pulau Batu Puteh to Singapore in 2008.

The Singapore Foreign Ministry in a statement yesterday said Malaysia informed the ICJ on Monday that it would discontinue the proceedings and that Singapore informed the ICJ a day later that it agreed with Malaysia’s request,