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Singapore files written observations over revision of Pedra Branca

Singapore has filed with the International Court of Justice (ICJ), its written observations on the admissibility of Malaysia's application to revise the 2008 judgment in the case concerning sovereignty over Pedra Branca, Middle Rocks and South Ledge.

In a statement today, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Singapore's written observation which was filed on May 24, is a comprehensive rebuttal to Malaysia's application.

"Singapore is confident of our case and our legal team. The next step is for the Parties to present their oral arguments after the ICJ has fixed the schedule for the oral proceedings," said the ministry.

Malaysia had on Feb 2 filed an application for revision of the ICJ's judgment of May 23, 2008 over Pedra Branca, Middle Rocks and South Ledge.

In its filing, Malaysia cited three documents recently declassified by the United Kingdom to support the application.

The documents are the internal correspondence of the Singapore colonial authorities in 1958, an incident report filed in 1958 by a British naval officer, and an annotated map of naval operations from the 1960s.

In its judgment, the ICJ in The Hague, the Netherlands, had ruled that sovereignty over Pedra Branca belongs to Singapore, sovereignty over Middle Rocks belonged to Malaysia, and sovereignty over South Ledge belongs to the State in the territorial waters of which it is located.

- Bernama

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