Former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad has criticised the priorities of Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob's government after it decided to set up a committee to investigate the decision to abandon a judicial review application against the Pulau Batu Puteh case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ).

The ICJ had in 2008 ruled that the disputed Pulau Batu Puteh belonged to Singapore. The Pakatan Harapan government under Mahathir decided in 2018 that it won't file a judicial review.

Mahathir said the move was less about the merits of...