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Mahathir also commented on the islands south of Singapore, including Riau Islands, Batam and Bintan.
He claimed that the Johor Empire owned these islands initially, before becoming part of the Dutch East Indies.
These islands then became a part of Indonesia after independence. He further claimed that Malaysia had never demanded the return of these islands from Indonesia.
https://mothership.sg/2021/10/mahathir-johor-singapore-hinterland/