PARLIAMENT | Despite fiery speeches from both sides of the Parliament divide, no decision was reached regarding the government’s motion to back the Royal Commission of Inquiry on Batu Puteh, Middle Rocks, and South Ledge.

Instead, at the end of the Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Law and Institutional Reform) Azalina Othman Said’s winding up speech, she moved for the Dewan Rakyat sitting to be adjourned.

“Taking into account everything I have heard, as the responsible...