4. ICJ Hearings

Dispute over the ownership of Pulau Batu Puteh or Pedra Branca and two other outcrops in the Singapore Straits will come up for hearing at the International Court of Justice in The Hague next week.

The court said that Singapore will have four days from November 6-9 to present its case while Malaysia does so from November 13-16.

ICJ President Judge Rosalyn Higgins decided not to decide on the case as she had earlier represented Singapore prior to her appointment as the Court's President.

The hearings will be heard by Vice-President Judge Awn Shawkat Al-Khasawneh and 15 international judges including two adhoc judges from Malaysia and Singapore.

Read here in theSun.