00:00Former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad on Wednesday testified at the Royal Commission
00:08of Inquiry regarding issues surrounding the sovereignty of Pulau Batu Puteh, Middle Rocks
00:13and South Ledge. Dr Mahathir arrived at the Prime Minister's Department for the inquiry
00:19at 10.46 a.m. and he left about two hours later. He said the proceedings of the inquiry
00:26were closed door and he would hold a press conference in the afternoon. Earlier, the
00:37Kuala Lumpur High Court dismissed Dr Mahathir's application for a judicial review seeking
00:42open proceedings on the handling of the sovereignty issues. The court also rejected the former
00:48Prime Minister's application to prohibit Tun Mahdraus Sharif from acting as the inquiry
00:53chairman and two others as the inquiry members. The court also denied the application to postpone
00:59the proceedings until the final resolution of the judicial review application.
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