Sabah, Sarawak now known as regions, no longer states, says Zahid

KUALA LUMPUR: Sabah and Sarawak have been accorded the status of region and are no longer regarded as states within Malaysia, said Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.

Ahmad Zahid, who is also the Rural and Regional Development Minister, said the relocation of the Indonesian capital to East Kalimantan made the Sabah and Sarawak regions more strategic, to be developed as new growth areas.