How ‘good deeds’ can counter the Philippines claim on Sabah

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From last December to March this year, Notes Verbale were filed by Malaysia and the Philippines at the United Nations over Malaysia’s extension of its continental shelf claim from Sabah’s coast facing the South China Sea.Malaysia’s filing was consistent with the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), yet it drew an unpleasant response from the Philippines, which continues to entertain an archaic and controversial claim to Sabah territory.The Philippines’ Note Verbale concerned only Malaysia’s filing, asserting that the latter overlapped with the Philippines’ extended continental shelf (ECS) claim which it has yet to stake. If the Philippines feels disadvantaged because it is currently unable to file an ECS claim for itself for fear of antagonising China, that is a problem it has to resolve on its own.Nonetheless, the festering wound of its unmet claim to Sabah was reope…