PETALING JAYA: Sabah will be granted administrative powers over Pulau Sipadan and Ligitan, specifically relating to tourism, under the Malaysia Agreement 1963 (MA63).
The management of the islands was taken over by the National Security Council following the kidnapping of 21 people by the Abu Sayyaf terror group in 2000.
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