Singapore will lose on water issue if it goes to World Court, says Dr M
Vinodh Pillai
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March 3, 2019 1:36 PM
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Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad says Singapore cannot be paying 3 sen per 1,000 gallons of water perpetually.
PUTRAJAYA: Singapore will lose its case if it goes to the World Court over the “ridiculous” price of raw water it is receiving from Malaysia, Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad said.
He said Singapore does not want to go to the World Court – a common name for the International Court of Justice or the International Court of Arbitration – because “if they go to the World Court they will lose”.
“To go to the World Court, you must have agreement from both parties,” he told reporters after officiating the National Landscape Day 2019 celebration at the Putrajaya Botanical Gardens today.
Calling on Singapore once again to pay more for the raw water it draws from Johor, Mahathir criticised the island republic’s foreign minister, Vivian Balakrishnan, for describing his previous comments on the issue a “red herring”.