Sabah NGO files originating summons challenging Territorial Sea Act

KOTA KINABALU: A Sabah-based NGO is challenging the Territorial Sea Act (TSA) 2012, a federal law that limits the state's maritime jurisdiction to up to three nautical miles.

The Sabah Action Body Advocating Rights filed an originating summons to challenge the law at the Kota Kinabalu High Court here through the firm Roland Cheng & Co on Thursday .

He said the British colonial government ordered the boundaries of the colony of North Borneo to include the continental shelf area through an Order in Council on June 24, 1954. In a statement on Friday , Johan said the Order in Council 1954 had never been revoked and remained part of Sabah territories.

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