Yang di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar consented to the setting up of a royal commission of inquiry (RCI) to review with immediate effect matters related to the cases involving the sovereignty of Batu Puteh, Middle Rocks and South Ledge.

The Prime Minister’s Department’s Legal Affairs Division, in a statement today, said the establishment of the RCI is in line with the Commissions of Enquiry Act 1950 (Act 119)...