KOTA KINABALU: Chief Minister Datuk Seri Panglima Haji Hajiji Haji Noor was given a high-level briefing on the Sulawesi Sea Treaty signed on June 8 between Malaysia and Indonesia.
“Sabah is kept in the loop on the latest development and ongoing negotiations to
determine the border and areas in dispute within our maritime boundary.
”Sabah will honour the Treaty, but we also want to ensure Sabah’s rights are intact and
all issues are resolved amicably (in the ongoing negotiation),” he said when chairing the
State Security Working Committee special meeting at Menara Kinabalu, near here
today.
Hajiji said the Treaty between Malaysia and Indonesia Relating to the Delimitation of the
Territorial Seas of the Two Countries in the Sulawesi Sea signed on June 8 during the
visit of Indonesia President Joko Widodo to Malaysia had been hotly debated in the last
Parliament sitting.
“It has been turned into a political issue and facts have been manipulated,” he said.
The committee was briefed that the Sulawesi Sea Treaty only touched on the territorial
sea border off Sebatik Island, not the continental shelf and beyond the Exclusive
Economic Zone (EEZ).
Briefing the State Security Working Committee were Federal Attorney General Foreign
Affairs Division head Alfian Yang Amri, Director General Maritime Affairs Department of
the Foreign Affairs Ministry Datin Paduka Nur Ashikin Mohd Taib and Survey and
Mapping Department Deputy Director Sr Powzy Mohd Som.
Present were State Secretary Datuk Seri Panglima Sr Safar Untong, Federal State
Secretary Dato’ Makhzan Mahyuddin, Special Adviser to the Chief Minister (International
Relations) Senator Tan Sri Anifah Aman, Sabah Commissioner of Police Datuk Jauteh
Dikun, Fifth Division Commander Major General Datuk Abdul Rahman Wahab, and
Sabah Security Director Datuk Noor Alam Khan.-pr/BNN
