Sabah sticks by 200-mile limit for sea boundary, says Hajiji
The Sabah state government is standing by a colonial-era state law on its maritime boundary, says the chief minister. (Facebook pic)
PETALING JAYA: The Sabah government is maintaining its stand in rejecting the Territorial Sea Act, which limits the state’s maritime boundary to only three nautical miles, chief minister Hajiji Noor said today.
Hajiji reiterated the state government’s stand at a meeting today of the Malaysia Agreement 1963 (MA63) implementation action council in Kuching, Sarawak. He said the act had impeded Sabah’s ability to impose its own laws on matters beyond three nautical miles at sea.
Such state laws included the state sales tax, especially involving petroleum products, and the powers of state authorities on immigration, Bernama reported.
He said Sabah held to its view that the maritime boundary should be more than 200 nautical miles as stated in the colonial-era North Borneo (Alteration of Boundaries) Order in Council 1954, which covers the continental shelf.
Hajiji said the state government welcomed an announcement by Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim that all outstanding issues over MA63 had passed the discussion process and were now in the implementation stage.
“The only issue is about technicalities, and we look forward to working with the federal government to ensure all our demands are fully resolved.” He expressed confidence that Sabah’s MA63 demands would soon be resolved amicably under Anwar’s leadership.
He said the Sabah government also welcomed the prime minister’s acknowledgement that Malaysia comprised three entities: Sabah, Sarawak and the States of Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia), as stated in the Malaysia Agreement.
The MA63 implementation action council meeting was chaired by Anwar and attended by Sarawak premier Abang Johari Openg, deputy prime minister Fadillah Yusof, and the minister for Sabah and Sarawak and special functions, Armizan Ali.
PETALING JAYA: The Sabah government is maintaining its stand in rejecting the Territorial Sea Act, which limits the state’s maritime boundary to only three nautical miles, chief minister Hajiji Noor said today.
Hajiji reiterated the state government’s stand at a meeting today of the Malaysia Agreement 1963 (MA63) implementation action council in Kuching, Sarawak. He said the act had impeded Sabah’s ability to impose its own laws on matters beyond three nautical miles at sea.
Such state laws included the state sales tax, especially involving petroleum products, and the powers of state authorities on immigration, Bernama reported.
He said Sabah held to its view that the maritime boundary should be more than 200 nautical miles as stated in the colonial-era North Borneo (Alteration of Boundaries) Order in Council 1954, which covers the continental shelf.
Hajiji said the state government welcomed an announcement by Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim that all outstanding issues over MA63 had passed the discussion process and were now in the implementation stage.
“The only issue is about technicalities, and we look forward to working with the federal government to ensure all our demands are fully resolved.” He expressed confidence that Sabah’s MA63 demands would soon be resolved amicably under Anwar’s leadership.
He said the Sabah government also welcomed the prime minister’s acknowledgement that Malaysia comprised three entities: Sabah, Sarawak and the States of Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia), as stated in the Malaysia Agreement.
The MA63 implementation action council meeting was chaired by Anwar and attended by Sarawak premier Abang Johari Openg, deputy prime minister Fadillah Yusof, and the minister for Sabah and Sarawak and special functions, Armizan Ali.
***
kt comments:
Sabah territorial waters is only up to 12nm whilst her EEZ is up to 200 nm. Today no one observes the out-dated 3nm territorial limits. The poor CM is confused.
During the colonial era, the pommie had the military power to bulldoze anything to her favour & definition.
ReplyDeleteWhat has Sabah gotten to do that?
Ooop… foul gaseous aplenty!
Under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) maritime convenance, 12nm from low tide shoreline is legal territorial sea. Within this zone, the coastal State exercises full sovereignty over the air space above the sea and over the seabed and subsoil.
Another 12nm from that defined line is The contiguous zone.
Within which a state can exert limited control for the purpose of preventing or punishing "infringement of its customs, fiscal, immigration or sanitary laws and regulations within its territory or territorial sea".
An exclusive economic zone (EEZ), as prescribed by the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, is an area of the sea in which a sovereign state has special rights regarding the exploration and use of marine resources, including energy production from water and wind. It stretches from the outer limit of the territorial sea (12 nautical miles from the baseline) out to 200 nautical miles from the coast of the state in question.
Cunny Cunt CCP coksucker is hardly a believable commentator on matters regarding territorial seas.
DeleteTiongkok claims the ENTIRE South China Sea.
Mfer, do show proofs that
Delete" Tiongkok claims the ENTIRE South China Sea".
Or in yr f*cking mind the nine dotted lines encompass the whole of SCS!