Dr M denied access to Batu Puteh RCI


KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court here has dismissed Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s judicial review application for him and his lawyer to be present during the Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) on the handling of the Batu Puteh, Middle Rocks and South Ledge sovereignty issues.

Justice Amarjeet Singh dismissed the application without costs in a hearing attended by lawyers Zainur Zakaria and Muhammad Rafique Rashid Ali, representing Dr Mahathir, and senior federal counsel Shamsul Bolhassan and Nur Hafizza Azizan, representing the respondents.

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