Malaysia bases its claim on the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea's 200 nautical mile rule and in 1979, it published a territorial sea and continental shelf map depicting its claim over the area.
Malaysia bases its claim on the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea's 200 nautical mile rule. It published a territorial sea and continental shelf map. This was in 1979. It was depicting its claim over the area. This was in 1979.