M’sia must assert sovereignty over 236 islands without names: Kurup


KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia must assert its sovereignty over 236 out of 642 islands in the country that have no names, said Deputy Natural Resources and Environment Minister Tan Sri Joseph Kurup.

He said immediate action must be taken to name them before other countries make territorial claims over them.

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