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SINGAPORE: Reading of the International Court of Justice's (ICJ) judgment in the case concerning sovereignty over Pedra Branca, Middle Rocks and South Ledge will be carried out on May 23.
A public sitting will take place at 10am at the Peace Palace in Hague during which the Acting President of the Court, Judge Awn Shawkat Al-Khasawneh, will deliver the court's judgement.
The Singaporean delegation that will be receiving the judgement will comprise Deputy Prime Minister and Coordinating Minister for National Security Professor S Jayakumar, Chief Justice Chan Sek Keong and Ambassador-at-Large Professor Tommy Koh, who is also serving as the Agent of Singapore for this case.
There was a three-week long hearing over the sovereignty of Pedra Branca – known as Pulau Batu Puteh to the Malaysians – and its two outcrops of Middle Rocks and South Ledge last year at the ICJ in The Hague as Singapore and Malaysia could not settle their dispute over the island.
The dispute arose when Malaysia published its new map in 1979 of its territories, which included Pedra Branca. Singapore disagreed with it because it said it owns the island.
The ICJ's judgment will be final and cannot be appealed. Both countries have said they would respect and accept the court's decision.
- CNA/so/ls
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