William Hung
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South China Sea Heating Up As Malaysia Lodges Complaint
China has been stirring up trouble by asserting outlandishly large territorial rights in the South China Sea for several years now. A number of regional nations, including the Philippines and Vietnam, have been in disputes with China over its posturing and aggressive military maneuvers in the South China Sea.
Malaysia, however, had maintained a more low-key and non-confrontational attitude toward the Chinese provocations in the area, at least until this week.
Malaysia announced on Monday, June 8th that it will protest the intrusion of a Chinese Coast Guard ship into its territorial waters north of Borneo, a rare confrontational statement in the growing tensions in the South China Sea.
Statement from Malaysian National Security Minister Shahidan Kassim
“This is not an area with overlapping claims. In this case, we’re taking diplomatic action,” National Security Minister Shahidan Kassim said in a local interview on Monday, continuing to say that Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak is also planning to discuss the issue directly with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Malaysia standing up to China
Kassim posted pictures on his personal Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) page a few days ago of what he claimed was a Chinese coast guard ship anchored at Luconia Shoals, an area about 150 kilometers north of the Malaysian island of Borneo, and far inside the 400-kilometer exclusive economic zone Malaysia claims off its shoreline. Of note, Luconia shoals are more than 2,000 kilometers away from mainland China.
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