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INDONESIA CONTESTS MALAYSIA'S CLAIM TO SIPADAN, LIGITAN ISLANDS.

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JAKARTA, June 3 Asia Pulse - Indonesia has set up a special task force to fight to regain Sipadan and Ligitan islands, which have been claimed by Malaysia.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Marty Natalegawa said in a press briefing here over the weekend that the task force's members were selected from various government offices concerned, and also include lawyers from the United States, France, Britain and the Netherlands.

Marty said Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda would attend the oral hearing on the case to be held by the International Court of Justice in The Hague on June 3-12.

The minister would present the country's stance and position in the oral argument session on June 3 and oral reply session on June 10.

The final and binding decision of the court however would only be ...

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