Watching the ICJ judgment of Pulau Batu Puteh and subconsciously my law lessons started flooding back and I found myself glued to the screen. Shocking.. I never thought I would ever find a court judgment interesting again but this one is really gripping.... at the moment the tribunal is showing favour to Malaysia....it keeps saying that the island is still part of the Johor sultanate but then it began wavering slightly…..oh the suspense

Then when it got to 1844 in the timeline, the court decided that the actions beyond this point will determine sovereignty----it said intention is crucial...

Did we acquiesce to the Singapore? Did Singapore's act require a response by Malaysia to determine that we conceded sovereignty...

It started by saying that Singapore is merely lighthouse keeper.....

Then said that Singapore is unclear of events in the preceding century....

But when a Johor state secretary gave away our claims to Singapore things get really interesting...

Singapore said this merely confirmed that Johor had no historic title to the island...huh?

Malaysia says state sec does not have rights to give away territory

But then we did nothing about it so it looks Singapore is getting into the lead..

Latest news: VERDICT:

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has delivered its judgment on the sovereignty dispute case over Pulau Batu Puteh, Middle Rocks and South Ledge between Malaysia and Singapore today.

The decision for Pulau Batu Puteh was in favour of Singapore and Malaysia was given sovereignty of Middle Rocks. Decision on South ledge was unclear.