IT is indeed commendable that the Government has placed the Sabah Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) under the command of the Defence Ministry to further bolster our maritime security in Sabah waters: “Sabah MMEA now under Mindef” (The Star, March 15).
Apart from the east coast of Sabah, which has approximately 1,400km of coastline, Malaysia is a maritime nation surrounded by waters in east, west and south and has to safeguard a total coastline of 4,490km.
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