Ex-Chief Justice heads RCI reviewing Malaysia’s sovereignty over Batu Puteh, Batuan Tengah and Tubir Selatan


PETALING JAYA: A Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) to review Malaysia’s sovereignty over Batu Puteh, Batuan Tengah and Tubir Selatan will be headed by former Chief Justice Tun Md Raus Sharif, says the Prime Minister’s Department.

The Legal Affairs Division (BHEUU), in a statement, said that the government had received consent from His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim, King of Malaysia after an audience was held with the de facto Law and Institutional Reform Minister Datuk Seri Azalina Othman and BHEUU director-general Zamri Misman.

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