KUALA LUMPUR: Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak has expressed his disappointment with Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad for agreeing to withdraw the review application for the Pulau Batu Puteh case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ).
"Supposedly, we have to fully accept the ICJ's decision. However, there is a clause in the ICJ statute that says an appeal can be made if there is new evidence," he said while debating Budget 2022 in the Dewan Rakyat Monday .
"Something really strange, two weeks before the review at the ICJ, the 7th prime minister decided to withdraw the application."Perhaps we could win and if we did, our sovereignty would be defended," the Pekan MP said."Even Singapore was shocked by our decision and we are unaware why such a decision was taken.
On Oct 14, Johor Ruler Sultan Ibrahim Ibni Almarhum Sultan Iskandar demanded a clear explanation why the Federal Government under Dr Mahathir dropped the review application for the Pulau Batu Puteh case at the ICJ in 2018. Meanwhile, on the issue of foreign tax, he urged the government to take the issue of crypto currency seriously.
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