KOTA KINABALU: Warisan’s Kepayan Assemblyman and lawyer Datuk Chin Tek Ming has expressed support for the Sarawak Government’s move to seek a Federal Court ruling on the constitutional validity of several federal oil and gas laws.
The legal action involves the Petroleum Development Act 1974 (PDA74), the Continental Shelf Act 1966, and the Petroleum Mining Act 1966, which Sarawak is asking the court to review in relation to its constitutional rights.
In a statement, Chin said the issue must be viewed in its proper constitutional context.
He noted that the PDA74 centralised control of petroleum resources under the Federal Government.
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