We’ll protect our gas fields, pledges Defence Minister

KUALA LUMPUR: The government will continue to defend the country’s sovereignty in the gas fields at Kasawari and Beting Patinggi Ali in the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) in the South China Sea, says the Defence Minister.

Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan said the government was aware of the presence of foreign ships which had placed their assets in the two areas for 24 hours a day and 365 days a year, adding that Malaysia “has never been quiet about the matter.”