Kuala Lumpur believes that the recently enacted legislation encroaches on a long-standing dispute over the eastern Malaysian state of Sabah.

Malaysia will send a protest note to the Philippines over its new maritime laws due to their overlapping claims in the South China Sea, its deputy foreign minister said on Thursday.

Malaysia has sent a protest note to the Philippines concerning two new maritime laws that infringe upon Sabah's maritime boundaries, says Datuk Mohamad Alamin.

Malaysia is sending a protest note to the Philippines regarding its two new maritime laws that infringe on Sabah’s maritime boundaries, said

Malaysia will send a protest note to the Philippines over its move to claim Malaysian territories, including parts of the South China Sea, through two laws passed by Manila last week. Deputy foreign minister Mohamad Alamin said Wisma Putra had reviewed the two pieces of legislation and local legal experts found that the boundaries drawn overlap with Malaysia’s boundaries established under international law in the 1970s.