The legal deadlock over Sarawak’s oil and gas


Dateline 2018-06-24, Malaysiakini:

On Friday, the Federal Court dismissed Petronas’ application for leave to challenge Sarawak’s aspirations to reassert regulatory control over its own oil and gas.

The Federal Court also struck out Petronas’ application for an order preserving the status quo which, at least for now, appears to enable Sarawak to proceed with its intention of implementing its own oil and gas regulatory regime by July 1.

As much as we welcome it, Sarawakians must be cautious in embracing the Federal Court decision.

Petronas’ leave application was dismissed solely on the grounds that the declaratory relief sought did not come within the exclusive original jurisdiction of the Federal Court.

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