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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Wzed9RhOVM (Malaysia's Royal Commission of Inquiry urges probe into Mahathir over disputed islets)
12,809 views 5 Dec 2024 Malaysia's Royal Commission of Inquiry has recommended the conduct of a criminal investigation into former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad over his decision to drop claims on two disputed islets in the Singapore Strait. The government in 2018 decided then to drop a challenge to a World Court ruling over the sovereignty of three islets in waters between Malaysia and Singapore. Dr Mahathir, who led the government at that time, stands accused of deceiving the cabinet on the matter. Afifah Ariffin reports from Kuala Lumpur.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8lJMIJUbKI (Anwar: RCI on Batu Puteh reveals treachery, can't be taken lightly)
2,596 views Premiered 2 hours ago The findings of the Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) into sovereignty issues surrounding Batu Puteh, Middle Rocks, and South Ledge revealed a failure that is tantamount to treachery, said Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim. Speaking to reporters earlier today, he said the country’s sovereignty is a matter that must be defended at all costs.
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RCI report on Batu Puteh to be tabled in Parliament next week
-06 Dec 2024, 01:27 PM
Dewan Rakyat Speaker Johari Abdul hopes it will be debated ‘so the people know what happened’.
Speaker Johari Abdul said the RCI report will be tabled by law and institutional reform minister Azalina Othman Said. (Bernama pic)
KUALA LUMPUR: The royal commission of inquiry’s report on Batu Puteh, Middle Rocks and South Ledge will tabled in the Dewan Rakyat next week, Speaker Johari Abdul confirmed today.
Johari said the report will be tabled by law and institutional reform minister Azalina Othman Said.
He also said the report had been distributed to all MPs.
“Hopefully, it will be debated so the people know what happened,” he told reporters after the opening of a seminar on the Potential of the Malaysian Hybrid Beef Cattle Industry at the Parliament building here today.
It was reported yesterday that the RCI, in its 217-page report, recommended that a criminal investigation be initiated against former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad under Section 415(b). The section deals with cheating.
Separately, Johari said the decision to suspend Perikatan Nasional’s Pendang MP Awang Hashim for 10 days should serve as a reminder to all MPs to not criticise the speaker.
“The speaker represents the Parliament institution. Don’t attack the speaker. You can attack Johari Abdul, that’s okay, and you need to understand that. We (MPs) are part of the institution, so don’t do that,” he said.
Awang was suspended from the lower house after he issued a controversial statement against the speaker on TikTok on July 18.
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Batu Puteh RCI wants criminal probe on Dr M
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 5, 2024: The Batu Puteh Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) recommended that a police report be filed against former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad (Dr M) for cheating.
The RCI’s declassified report on its findings was released on the Parliament website today, although many of its recommendations were redacted.
No News Is Bad News reproduces a news report on the RCI’s findings against Dr M:
Batu Puteh RCI recommends criminal probe into Dr M
-05 Dec 2024, 11:53 AM
Its declassified report recommends filing a police report against the ex-prime minister for cheating, although many of its suggestions were redacted.
The royal commission of inquity on Batu Puteh recommended that criminal investigations be started against ex-prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad under Sections 415(b) and 418 of the Penal Code.
PETALING JAYA: The royal commission of inquiry (RCI) on Batu Puteh, Middle Rocks, and South Ledge has recommended that a police report be filed against former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad for cheating.
The RCI’s declassified report on its findings was released on the Parliament website today, although many of its recommendations were redacted.
Among the unredacted recommendations was that the RCI’s secretary file a police report against Mahathir to make way for a criminal investigation.
“A criminal investigation can be initiated under Section 415(b) of the Penal Code (for cheating), punishable under Section 417, as well as under Section 418 of the same code,” said the report.
The RCI however did not recommend filing a civil suit for tort of misfeasance in public office against Mahathir due to the six-year limitation period for the action.
The commission also did not recommend that Malaysia file a fresh request for interpretation to the International Court of Justice (ICJ), though it was able to do so.
The classified final report was submitted by RCI chairman Raus Sharif to Yang di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Ibrahim at Istana Negara on Aug 12.
Dr M sent letter to S’pore before Cabinet decision, says RCI
-05 Dec 2024, 02:25 PM
The royal commission of inquiry finds that the ex-prime minister acted unilaterally in dropping legal applications regarding the ICJ’s 2008 decision on Batu Puteh.
The RCI said Dr Mahathir Mohamad was never advised by the AGC or government-appointed consultants that Malaysia had a ‘very weak’ case in its territorial claim to Batu Puteh. (AFP pic)
PETALING JAYA: Dr Mahathir Mohamad unilaterally decided not to proceed with the applications to review and interpret the International Court of Justice’s 2008 decision on Batu Puteh, according to the royal commission of inquiry (RCI).
The RCI said the then prime minister had written to the solicitor-general on May 21, 2018, stating that “to my view, this effort need not be continued”, referring to the ICJ applications.
The solicitor-general then informed Singapore that Malaysia would be dropping both legal applications, the commission said in its declassified report released today.
The RCI said Singapore was informed of this at 9am on May 23, 2018. The Cabinet only met at 9.30am the same day and discussed the issue later in the meeting under “other matters”.
It added that the Cabinet in its meeting “simply confirmed Mahathir’s views and opinions as the prime minister”.
“The solicitor-general informed Singapore of Malaysia’s intention to drop the two applications based on Mahathir’s letter on May 21, not the Cabinet’s decision when it met on May 23,” said the RCI report.
It also cited a letter from the solicitor-general to the prime minister on May 24, 2018, which stated that she had informed Singapore based on Mahathir’s letter on May 21.
“Mahathir did not question, deny or correct the contents of the solicitor-general’s letter to him to explain that his May 21 letter was merely his personal opinion, not an order or decision.
“Based on these reasons, the commission cannot accept Mahathir’s claim that the May 21 letter was merely his personal opinion. Conversely, the letter was a decision,” said the RCI.
Mahathir had denied acting unilaterally in deciding not to proceed with the legal applications, saying he did not make a decision until he put it before the Cabinet.
He also said he consulted several experts, including five senior lawyers from the UK, who took the view that Malaysia had a weak case.
Mahathir said international legal expert Brendan Plant, who was appointed as a consultant by Putrajaya, had told him Malaysia lacked the “silver bullet” needed to secure victory in the case.
However, the RCI said Mahathir was never advised by the Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC) or government-appointed consultants that Malaysia had a “very weak” case in its territorial claim to Batu Puteh.
The commission said Plant also denied ever meeting Mahathir one-on-one prior to a briefing on the case.
During RCI proceedings, Plant said his mention of Malaysia lacking a “silver bullet” was to show that there was no guarantee of a win at the ICJ.
“I might have been asked (by Mahathir) about the prospects for success. I restated our position that there’s an arguable case, that we have a credible basis for bringing the claim that has merit but, of course, we can’t guarantee a win.
“I can’t say that there’s a silver bullet that will 100% guarantee the ICJ’s findings would be in our favour, but there was a credible plausible case to present. That’s the truism of litigation throughout the world,” he said, according to the declassified RCI report.
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