Only the residents of seven households on Pulau Sebatik off the coast of Tawau, Sabah, have been directly affected by the new boundary adjustment between Malaysia and Indonesia.

Warisan leaders Ma’mun Sulaiman and Manahing Tinggilani told Malaysiakini this after they received a briefing from the Federal Survey and Mapping Department (Jupem).

The briefing was on the boundary change involving Pulau Sebatik and parts of Pensiangan in southwest Saba, which lies next to Lumbis, North Kalimantan, in Indonesia, they said.

The Jupem officials told the leaders that...