Drop ‘Negeri’ Label, Jeffrey Kitingan Insists, as Sabah Deserves Territory Status

Drop ‘negeri’ label, Jeffrey Kitingan insists, as Sabah deserves territory status

KOTA KINABALU, April 29 — Tambunan Assemblyman Datuk Seri Dr Jeffrey Kitingan called on the Government to drop the term “negeri” for Sabah, saying Sabah is a founding partner of Malaysia and not on the same level as the peninsular states.“Sabah, together with Malaya, Sarawak and Singapore formed Malaysia as equal partners and should be recognised accordingly as a territory of equal standing with Malaya, not just a state within a federation,” he …

Calls for stronger action on Sabah territorial, petroleum claims in state assembly

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Threads WhatsApp Telegram Jeffrey says Sabah should formally reject the Territorial Sea Act 2012 and assert its rights over the continental shelf. – Bernama photo KOTA KINABALU (April 28): The Sabah government has been urged to take firmer legal and policy action on territorial rights, petroleum resources and the rising cost of living, amid calls for a stronger stance on federal-state resource issues in the State Legisl…