Malaysia will continue its oil exploration in the South China Sea, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has said, as his government launches a probe into the source of a leaked protest note sent to the country’s embassy in Beijing by China’s foreign ministry.
Last week, Philippine news outlet The Inquirer published pictures of a two-page note, as part of a story on Beijing’s assertion that Malaysia’s oil and gas exploration activities in the contested waters had infringed on China’s territory.
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