Malaysia's elder statesman Mahathir Mohamad has clarified his recent remarks about lost Malay ancestral land, after reports suggested he hoped Kuala Lumpur would reclaim Singapore and Indonesia's Riau islands.
He also mentioned the rocky outcrop of Pedra Branca - which the world court in 2008 said belonged to Singapore following a territorial dispute between the neighbours. He suggested it was the mistake of the government of the state of Johor - whose hereditary monarchs he has long sparred with - to have denied in the past that Pedra Branca belonged to the state. "Had that denial not been made, there would be no dispute," he said.In his statement, Mahathir referred to another territorial dispute - with Indonesia , over the islands of Ligitan and Sipadan. In 2002, the world court ruled that both islands in the Celebes Sea belonged to Malaysia.
Social media users from the city state lambasted the two-time former prime minister for fomenting ill will between the neighbours. Reaction in Malaysia has been starkly different, with commentators saying it was likely that Mahathir's out-of-the-blue comments about the territorial disputes were in fact veiled jabs aimed at Sultan of Johor Ibrahim Ismail rather than Singapore.
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