No police reports lodged against Dr M over Batu Puteh RCI, says IGP

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No police reports have been lodged against former premier Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad in connection with recent unveiling of the Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI), says Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Razarudin Husain.  The RCI on the handling of sovereignty issues involving Batu Puteh, Middle Rocks and South Ledge had proposed that a criminal investigation should be brought against Dr Mahathir.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/rk3t2dsm   WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00This was Inspector General of Police Tanshri Razaruddin Hussain's response when asked

00:11to comment if there were any police reports lodged against former Premier Tun Dr Mahathir

00:16Mohamad in connection with recent unveiling of the Royal Commission of Inquiry.

00:21The RCI on the handling of sovereignty issues involving Batu Putih, Middle Rocks and South

00:26Ledge had proposed that a criminal investigation should be brought against Dr Mahathir.

00:32The issue stems from a decision made by the government in 2018 to withdraw Malaysia's

00:38application to review the International Court of Justice's decision on the sovereignty

00:43of Batu Putih.

00:44At the time, the government was led by Dr Mahathir.

00:48In 2008, the ICJ ruled that Batu Putih belonged to Singapore while Middle Rocks was awarded

00:54to Malaysia.

00:55It also ruled that the ownership of South Ledge would be determined based on the delimitation

01:00of territorial waters.

01:02Last week, in a highly redacted and declassified report tabled in Parliament, the RCI report

01:08recommended that investigations cover offences of cheating under Sections 415 subsection

01:14B, 417 and 418 of the Penal Code, which resulted in the loss of Batu Putih.

01:21Earlier, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has denied being treacherous to the country, saying that

01:27the ICJ decision on Pulau Batu Putih was accepted in line with commitments made to other countries.

01:35He said the decision was made with the full agreement of the Cabinet in 2018, as the Middle

01:40Rocks awarded to Malaysia are considered to be more valuable than Pulau Batu Putih, which

01:46was awarded to Singapore.

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