Dr Mahathir testifies at Batu Puteh RCI

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Former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has testified at the Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) regarding issues surrounding the sovereignty of Pulau Batu Puteh, Middle Rocks, and South Ledge.  Read more at https://shorturl.at/Jbbh6  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad on Wednesday testified at the Royal Commission

00:08of Inquiry regarding issues surrounding the sovereignty of Pulau Batu Puteh, Middle Rocks

00:13and South Ledge. Dr Mahathir arrived at the Prime Minister's Department for the inquiry

00:19at 10.46 a.m. and he left about two hours later. He said the proceedings of the inquiry

00:26were closed door and he would hold a press conference in the afternoon. Earlier, the

00:37Kuala Lumpur High Court dismissed Dr Mahathir's application for a judicial review seeking

00:42open proceedings on the handling of the sovereignty issues. The court also rejected the former

00:48Prime Minister's application to prohibit Tun Mahdraus Sharif from acting as the inquiry

00:53chairman and two others as the inquiry members. The court also denied the application to postpone

00:59the proceedings until the final resolution of the judicial review application.

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