Dr M denies unilaterally deciding to withdraw Batu Puteh review

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The former prime minister says the decision not to pursue the case before the International Court of Justice was made collectively by his Cabinet in 2018.  Read More: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2024/06/12/dr-m-denies-unilaterally-deciding-to-withdraw-batu-puteh-review/  Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5 Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #DrMahathir #BatuPuteh #ICJ #CaseReview

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00:00Azeelina was the one who, in Parliament, made a statement that I made this decision on my

00:12own without consultation, which is absolute nonsense, because I was following the progress

00:20of the negotiation and attempt to question or seek interpretation from ICG over the findings

00:36of ICG. And I never made any decision by myself. I read all the papers, including one from

00:45five senior lawyers from England, including QC. They gave the opinion that our case was

00:55weak. That was in one letter. They put it down in writing, Marshall and others put down

01:05in writing that we have a very weak case. That is the letter. Then, before I was given

01:15a briefing, Brendan Plante came to see me and explained to me the situation, and he

01:27gave the opinion that our case was weak. There was no silver bullet to determine our victory.

01:41Brendan Plante came to see me and gave me a statement. After that, we had a briefing,

01:56which was attended by AG Mianstaf, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Mianstaf, and the two local

02:07lawyers who were appointed by Appendi as consultants, together with Dr. Brendan Plante.

02:18And during the statement, of course, we discussed, but at no time did anybody contradict the view of

02:29Brendan Plante that our case was weak and we were at risk if we go ahead. So, at the end of the

02:43statement, I was asked to make a decision. I was asked to be given time to make a decision.

02:54So, I said, that was on the 17th. By the 21st, I still did not make a decision. I merely wrote

03:08a letter to the Pegong Cara that I have this opinion, not a decision, not an order, not a

03:22directive, but pendapat. Pendapat means opinion, that in my opinion, we should not go ahead with

03:35the move we were making. So, even then, at that time, that was on the 21st, before the 23rd,

03:46when the Cabinet was sitting. So, at that time, I did not make any decision. I merely expressed my

03:56opinion. So, the matter was brought by me to Cabinet, and I explained everything about what

04:07Brendan says and all that. And the Cabinet did not oppose, did not reject the idea that we should not

04:22go ahead with our move. So, that was the final decision. The decision was made by the Cabinet,

04:32not by me alone. And as a result, of course, Singapore was informed.

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