What is next for Batu Puteh?


Staking a claim: A 2008 file photo of Malaysia’s Department of Survey and Mapping carrying out topographical surveys of Batuan Tengah, which was warded to Malaysia then. Now the government is trying to get Batu Puteh back – but can we after all this time? — Filepic/Utusan Malaysia

ONE year ago, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob announced the setting up of a task force to conduct a comprehensive study as well as to scrutinise and recommend necessary options by seeking the views of international legal experts on the Pedra Branca/Batu Puteh case.

“The purpose of this effort is to review laws in relation to application for revision and interpretation in the case of Batu Puteh.

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