The Johor government will set up a committee under the purview of the State Economic Planning Unit (Upen), to gather and study fresh evidence on Pulau Batu Puteh.
Menteri Besar Mohamed Khaled Nordin (left) said the application to review the judgment on Pulau Batu Puteh must be made before a 10-year period from the date of judgment, based on Article 61(5), Chapter 111, Statute of The International Court of Justice.
"In the case of Pulau Batu Puteh, the judgment date was May 23, 2008 which means the appeal period will end on May 23, 2018.
"The committee can gather and study all fresh evidence which were not submitted for the previous hearing of the case," he said when winding up the debate at the state assembly sitting in Nusajaya today.
The territorial dispute between Malaysia and Singapore which began in 1979 was resolved in 2008 by the International Court of Justice, which decided that Pulau Batu Puteh or Pedra Branca belonged to Singapore and Middle Rocks belonged to Malaysia.
Mohamed Khaled said the setting up of the committee was also
in line with Article 61(1) of the same statute which stated that every appeal on a judgment must be accompanied with strong fresh evidence.
However, he said, the application for appeal to the International Court of Justice on Pulau Batu Puteh must be made through the federal government as the case was between the Malaysian government and Singapore government.
He said the state government would seek the cooperation of the federal government for all expenditure incurred by the committee.
The Sultan of Johor, Sultan Ibrahim had on May 29, ordered the state government to set up a special team to carry out a study to appeal against the decision of the International Court of Justice on Pulau Batu Puteh.
No casinos in Johor
Meanwhile, Mohamed Khaled said the state government would study whether it would be appropriate to standardise the weekly holidays between government agencies and the private sector.
In reply to a question from Tengku Putra Haron Aminurrashid Tengku Hamid Jumat (BN-Kempas), he said the state government would never allow casinos to operate in the state.
On the issue of giving out security contracts in Iskandar Malaysia to a foreign company, he said the state government had never given out any such contract, as issuing of permits to provide security service came under the jurisdiction of the home ministry.
Menteri Besar Mohamed Khaled Nordin (left) said the application to review the judgment on Pulau Batu Puteh must be made before a 10-year period from the date of judgment, based on Article 61(5), Chapter 111, Statute of The International Court of Justice."In the case of Pulau Batu Puteh, the judgment date was May 23, 2008 which means the appeal period will end on May 23, 2018.
"The committee can gather and study all fresh evidence which were not submitted for the previous hearing of the case," he said when winding up the debate at the state assembly sitting in Nusajaya today.
The territorial dispute between Malaysia and Singapore which began in 1979 was resolved in 2008 by the International Court of Justice, which decided that Pulau Batu Puteh or Pedra Branca belonged to Singapore and Middle Rocks belonged to Malaysia.
Mohamed Khaled said the setting up of the committee was also
in line with Article 61(1) of the same statute which stated that every appeal on a judgment must be accompanied with strong fresh evidence.However, he said, the application for appeal to the International Court of Justice on Pulau Batu Puteh must be made through the federal government as the case was between the Malaysian government and Singapore government.
He said the state government would seek the cooperation of the federal government for all expenditure incurred by the committee.
The Sultan of Johor, Sultan Ibrahim had on May 29, ordered the state government to set up a special team to carry out a study to appeal against the decision of the International Court of Justice on Pulau Batu Puteh.
No casinos in Johor
Meanwhile, Mohamed Khaled said the state government would study whether it would be appropriate to standardise the weekly holidays between government agencies and the private sector.
In reply to a question from Tengku Putra Haron Aminurrashid Tengku Hamid Jumat (BN-Kempas), he said the state government would never allow casinos to operate in the state.
On the issue of giving out security contracts in Iskandar Malaysia to a foreign company, he said the state government had never given out any such contract, as issuing of permits to provide security service came under the jurisdiction of the home ministry.
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