Previously, on June 12, 2024, the same court dismissed Dr Mahathir's leave application for a judicial review in his effort to seek open proceedings for the RCI on the Batu Puteh, Middle Rocks ...
"Furthermore, Johor’s sovereignty over Batu Puteh was acknowledged to have persisted through the Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824, the Crawfurd Treaty of 1824, and until the late 1840s,” said Onn Hafiz.