KUALA LUMPUR: The government has no intention of remapping the maritime boundary between Tebrau and Singapore in the Johor Strait.
The government has no plans to remap the maritime boundary in the Johor Strait, between Tebrau and Singapore.
Deputy Foreign Minister Datuk Mohamad Alamin said an agreement had been reached between Malaysia and Singapore on territorial waters boundaries in 1995, which remained applicable to date.
He added that the agreement was the only maritime boundary demarcation agreement between the two countries.
"Both governments of Malaysia and the Republic of Singapore have signed an agreement to Delimit Precisely The Territorial Waters Boundary In Accordance with the Straits Times Settlement and Johore Territorial Waters Agreement 1927 on Aug 7, 1995.
"Prior to 1995, the Malaysia-Singapore maritime boundary in the Tebrau Strait, known as the Johor Strait, was based on the midline of the waterway as stipulated in the Straits Settlements and Johore Territorial Waters Agreement dated October 19, 1927.
"Hence, the ministry is of the view that it is unnecessary to remap the boundaries in the strait between Johor and Singapore as the initial demarcation remains valid," he said.
He, however, added that Malaysia and Singapore still had segments that were not yet finalised and are currently under negotiation.
Mohamad said this in a parliamentary written reply on Wednesday to Datuk Dr Wee Ka Siong (BN-Ayer Hitam) on the government's consideration towards the demands to re-map the maritime boundaries between Johor and Singapore, especially the Tebrau Strait.
This comes after an incident where 10 local fishermen claimed that they were chased away by the Singaporean authorities while setting up shrimp nets in the Pasir Laba area, near the Second Link Bridge, Iskandar Puteri on Oct 23.