Sarawak’s energy feud with Petronas gives Malaysia’s Anwar a legal headache

A constitutional battle for control over Malaysian Borneo’s energy wealth has moved to the country’s highest court, delivering a fresh test of whether Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim can hold together a ruling coalition of disparate interests. The state of Sarawak, whose governing coalition is a key ally in Anwar’s federal unity government, announced on Monday it had filed a petition in the Federal Court challenging the constitutional validity of three federal petroleum laws that provide the leg...

By Iman Muttaqin Yusof