This first political party in Sarawak emerged in 1959 while the first political party in Sabah emerged in August 1961. His office is the fourth highest in the Malaysian judicial system (behind the Chief Judge of Malaya, President of the Court of Appeal, and Chief Justice of Malaysia).Ĭompared to West Malaysia, political parties in Sarawak and Sabah started relatively late. The current Chief Judge of Sabah and Sarawak is Abang Iskandar Abang Hashim from Sarawak. The Constitution of Malaysia provides that there shall be two High Courts of co-ordinate jurisdiction – The High Court in Malaya and the High Court in Sabah and Sarawak (formerly the High Court in Borneo). With regard to the administration of justice, the courts in East Malaysia are part of the federal court system in Malaysia. There are also separate land laws governing Sabah and Sarawak, as opposed to the National Land Code, which governs Peninsular Malaysia. For example, the East Malaysian states have separate laws regulating the entry of citizens from other states in Malaysia (including the other East Malaysian state), whereas, in Peninsular Malaysia, there are no restrictions on interstate travel or migration, including visitors from East Malaysia. The consensus seems to be that Sabah and Sarawak are merely states of the federation with a slightly higher degree of autonomy compared to states in Peninsular Malaysia. It has been a source of debate whether the states of Sabah and Sarawak joined the Federation of Malaysia as equal partners with Malaya and Singapore or whether they became merely equal partners of the states of Malaya (i.e. Since 2010, there has been some speculation and discussion, at least on the ground level, about the possibility of secession from the Federation of Malaysia because of allegations of resource mishandling, illegal processing of immigrants, etc. It was used to establish a centre for offshore finance in 1990. The islands of Labuan were once part of North Borneo (later Sabah) in 1946 before becoming a Federal Territory in Malaysia on 1984. For example, both states have their own immigration controls, requiring Malaysian citizens from West Malaysia to carry passports or identity cards when visiting East Malaysia. Sabah and Sarawak retained a higher degree of local government and legislative autonomy than other states in West Malaysia. Previously, there were efforts to unite Brunei, Sabah, and Sarawak under the North Borneo Federation but that failed after the Brunei Revolt occurred. However, each voted to become part of the new Federation of Malaysia along with the Federation of Malaya and Singapore in 1963. Sabah (formerly British North Borneo) and Sarawak were separate British colonies from Malaya, and did not become part of the Federation of Malaya in 1957. In 1946, they became separate British colonies. In 1888, Sabah and Sarawak together with Brunei became British protectorates. In 1658, the northern and eastern coasts of Sabah were ceded to the Sultanate of Sulu while the west coast of Sabah and most of Sarawak remained part of Brunei. However, most parts of the interior region consisted of independent tribal societies. Some parts of present-day East Malaysia, especially the coastal regions, were once part of the thalassocracy of the Sultanate of Brunei. See also: History of Sabah, History of Sarawak, History of Labuan, and British Borneo East Malaysia includes a significant portion of the biodiverse Borneo lowland rain forests and Borneo montane rain forests. Various other significant settlements are classified as towns, including many with over 100,000 residents. In the pan-regional style, city status is reserved for only a few settlements, including Kuching, Kota Kinabalu, and Miri. While West Malaysia contains the country's major cities ( Kuala Lumpur, Johor Bahru, and Georgetown), East Malaysia is larger and much more abundant in natural resources, particularly oil and gas reserves. Įast Malaysia is less populated and has less developed settlements than West Malaysia. The two are separated by the South China Sea. East Malaysia lies to the east of Peninsular Malaysia (also known as West Malaysia), the part of the country on the Malay Peninsula. Labuan is an island in a small archipelago near the coast of Sabah. It consists of the Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak, as well as the Federal Territory of Labuan.
Political map of the island of Borneo, with East Malaysia shown in orangeĮast Malaysia ( Malay: Malaysia Timur), also known as Sabah, Sarawak and Labuan ( Malay: Sabah, Sarawak dan Labuan) or Malaysian Borneo, is the part of Malaysia on and near the island of Borneo, the world's third largest island.
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