KUALA LUMPUR: The boundary alignment between Malaysia and Indonesia is guided by established conventions and treaties governing the international land border between the two countries, says Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.
The Prime Minister said the determination of land boundary including three villages in Nunukan, North Kalimantan, was not based on compensation, reciprocity or considerations of gain and loss, rejecting claims to the contrary.
“The basis for determining Malaysia’s international land boundary with Indonesia rests on two conventions and one agreement,” he said during a special briefing on the Malaysia-Indonesia border alignment issue in the Dewan Rakyat on Wednesday (Feb 4).
He added that the primary reference was the 1891 Boundary Convention between the British and Dutch governments covering Sabah and Sarawak.
For Sabah, he said the boundary was governed by agreements between the British and Dutch administrations, while a small sector in Sarawak was determined under the Boundary Convention signed in The Hague on March 26, 1928.
His remarks followed reports alleging Malaysia had ceded 5,207 hectares of land to Indonesia as compensation for three villages in the Nunukan area near the Sabah-Kalimantan border.
Malaysia’s Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability Ministry has previously said the reports were inaccurate.
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