We're proven right when we said that FM Vivian made his 2nd major blunder in his political career.
Malaysia had been deeply offended by FM Vivian's remarks. Basically, FM Vivian had offended all the UNCLOS members that had negotiated with Iran for the Hormuz passage.
These UNCLOS members were right to fight for the interest of their citizens by negotiating with Iran but FM Vivian preferred to impose his warped legal principle to denigrate others implicitly.
Let us give some simple explanations of UNCLOS and the Laws of War (IHL).
UNCLOS only regulates peacetime maritime navigations and resources but doesn't govern wartime maritime blockages. Therefore, only the laws of war (IHL) governs maritime blockages in the case of the strait of hormuz as it is located right in front of a war zone (Iran).
In short, FM Vivian was wrong to cite UNCLOS as a legitimate principle to demand for a safe maritime passage in the strait of hormuz during a wartime. By citing UNCLOS and imposing his warped principle, FM Vivian had offended all the other UNCLOS members that had negotiated with Iran.
It seems that our FM Vivian has to learn more about international laws before he gives his comments in the future. Singapore (SG) has to be more sensitive towards its neighbour Malaysia because SG is heavily invested in the JB-SG SEZ. I believe SG doesn't want the CLOB saga 1997 to happen again for the SEZ. Many SG investors lost a lot of monies when Malaysia terminated CLOB unilaterally.
