Rename South China Sea to fend off claims, says MP

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Perikatan Nasional’s Mumtaz Nawi says the country should emulate neighbours Indonesia and the Philippines who have renamed the sea to reflect their own claims.  Read More: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2024/10/22/rename-south-china-sea-to-fend-off-claims-says-mp/  Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5 Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #MumtazNawi #SouthChinaSea

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00:00An opposition MP has suggested that the government rename parts of the South China Sea that fall

00:07within Malaysia's maritime borders to fend off territorial claims by foreign countries.

00:13Mumtaz Nawi mooted the idea in view of the ongoing dispute with Beijing over the South

00:17China Sea and having regard to the fact that Malaysia would take over as chair of the ASEAN

00:22Regional Grouping next year.

00:25Mumtaz said several other countries in the region had already done so to reflect their

00:30sovereignty over other parts of the vast sea.

00:34She said Malaysia should emulate the Philippines, which calls its territorial waters the West

00:38Philippine Sea, Indonesia, which has named their portion the North Natuna Sea, and Vietnam,

00:44the East Sea.

00:46She said the sea should be renamed Laut Asiatinggara or Laut Melayu or any other name for Malaysia

00:52to stake its claim so that no confusion arises from its present name.

00:57Dhanush Rajareza, FMT News.

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