Hendrik_2000
Lieutenant General
Well, well who else are having dispute in SCS. I thought they settle the Pedra Branca island ownership long time ago
But apparently not Malaysia resurrect the dispute once again
Malaysia, Singapore in South China Sea stoush
The ownership of a tiny South China Sea island in the middle of a busy shipping lane has created a stoush between Malaysia and Singapore.
By
Jarni Blakkarly
1 Mar 2017 - 6:46 PM UPDATED YESTERDAY 8:54 PM
Malaysia is challenging Singapore’s ownership of a tiny rocky island in the middle of one of the world's busiest shipping lanes.
It is the latest event in a series of South China Sea territorial disputes between Asian nations.
Last month Malaysia asked the International Court of Justice in The Hague to review a 2008 decision granting Singapore ownership of island, which lies between the South China Sea and the Singapore Strait.
The island, referred to as Pedra Branca by Singapore and Pulau Batu Puteh by Malaysia, is roughly the size of a football field and has a lighthouse and helipad on it.
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Yet another twist in the South China Seas controversy
SBS World News Radio: Malaysia contests Singapore's ownership of a tiny rocky island on the edge of the South China Sea at the International Court of Justice in The Hague.
Despite the island’s size, Australian National University international law professor Donald Rothwell said its strategic location, in one of the busiest bottle-necks for maritime trade in the world, made it significant.
“Singapore in particular is very constrained by the geographical proximity of Malaysia and Indonesia, it is not entitled to assert the same maritime claims as many of the neighbouring states because it is geographically compromised,” Professor Rothwell told SBS News.
“Even though these features are very small, they are well worth contesting because of the potential maritime entitlements they generate”
The island, along with several other contest rocks, lie about 40 kilometres east of Singapore's main island and 19 kilometres south of the Malaysian state of Johor.
A British colonial era telegram and a navy log which make reference to the island were uncovered in the British archives last year and are the basis of Malaysia’s new claim.
Singapore became an independent nation in 1965 after it was expelled from the Malaysian Federation, a union of former British colonies.
Pedra Branca means ‘white rock’ in Portuguese and Pulau Batu Puteh the same in Malay, a reference to the bird droppings that regularly cover the rocks.
But apparently not Malaysia resurrect the dispute once again
Malaysia, Singapore in South China Sea stoush
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A map of the contested island of Pedra Branca, also known as Pulau Batu Puteh. (SBS News)
The ownership of a tiny South China Sea island in the middle of a busy shipping lane has created a stoush between Malaysia and Singapore.
By
Jarni Blakkarly
1 Mar 2017 - 6:46 PM UPDATED YESTERDAY 8:54 PM
Malaysia is challenging Singapore’s ownership of a tiny rocky island in the middle of one of the world's busiest shipping lanes.
It is the latest event in a series of South China Sea territorial disputes between Asian nations.
Last month Malaysia asked the International Court of Justice in The Hague to review a 2008 decision granting Singapore ownership of island, which lies between the South China Sea and the Singapore Strait.
The island, referred to as Pedra Branca by Singapore and Pulau Batu Puteh by Malaysia, is roughly the size of a football field and has a lighthouse and helipad on it.
Related reading
Yet another twist in the South China Seas controversy
SBS World News Radio: Malaysia contests Singapore's ownership of a tiny rocky island on the edge of the South China Sea at the International Court of Justice in The Hague.
Despite the island’s size, Australian National University international law professor Donald Rothwell said its strategic location, in one of the busiest bottle-necks for maritime trade in the world, made it significant.
“Singapore in particular is very constrained by the geographical proximity of Malaysia and Indonesia, it is not entitled to assert the same maritime claims as many of the neighbouring states because it is geographically compromised,” Professor Rothwell told SBS News.
“Even though these features are very small, they are well worth contesting because of the potential maritime entitlements they generate”
The island, along with several other contest rocks, lie about 40 kilometres east of Singapore's main island and 19 kilometres south of the Malaysian state of Johor.
A British colonial era telegram and a navy log which make reference to the island were uncovered in the British archives last year and are the basis of Malaysia’s new claim.
Singapore became an independent nation in 1965 after it was expelled from the Malaysian Federation, a union of former British colonies.
Pedra Branca means ‘white rock’ in Portuguese and Pulau Batu Puteh the same in Malay, a reference to the bird droppings that regularly cover the rocks.
