Singapore studying Malaysia’s application to review Pulau Batu Puteh judgment

(The Star) – Singapore is studying closely Malaysia’s application to revise the International Court of Justice’s (ICJ) judgment on sovereignty over Pulau Batu Puteh, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) said in a statement on Friday.

“Malaysia has informed us that it has made an application for revision of the ICJ’s judgment,” said MFA, adding that Singapore is studying Malaysia’s application and documentation closely.

The Republic “has formed its legal team to respond to Malaysia’s application”, it said.

The team includes Attorney-General Lucien Wong, Professor S. Jayakumar, Professor Tommy Koh and former Chief Justice Chan Sek Keong.

Malaysia said on Friday it had filed an application at the ICJ to review a judgment made in May 2008 that awarded Pulau Batu Puteh (Pedra Branca) to Singapore after making “discovery of some fact of such a nature as to be a decisive factor”.

Malaysia filed the application to the ICJ on Thursday (Feb 2) over the sovereignty of the island, said a statement issued by Attorney-General Tan Sri Mohamed Apandi Ali. He did not elaborate on what the new discovery is.