00:00Perikatan National has called for clarity on the country's plans to work with Indonesia to jointly develop the disputed Ambalat area off the east coast of Borneo.
00:12Last week, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto announced plans to jointly develop the Ambalat bloc in the Sulawesi Sea while continuing legal and diplomatic discussions on maritime sovereignty in the area.
00:26In a statement today, opposition leader Hamza Zainuddin said the announcement appeared to contradict several previous comments from Anwar in Parliament about the Ambalat bloc.
00:37He said rushing into a joint development agreement with a foreign country could jeopardize Malaysia's national interests.
00:44The Sulawesi Sea Treaty signed in 2023 came under scrutiny following claims that Malaysia was relinquishing its rights to the oil-rich Ambalat bloc.
00:53Wismaputra has since responded by saying that the treaty did not involve the Ambalat bloc's maritime borders.
