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    Brunei Transnational Issues - 2006

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    SOURCE: 2006 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

      Disputes - international:
      in 2003 Brunei and Malaysia ceased gas and oil exploration in their disputed offshore and deepwater seabeds and negotiations have stalemated prompting consideration of international legal adjudication; Malaysia's land boundary with Brunei around Limbang is in dispute; Brunei established an exclusive economic fishing zone encompassing Louisa Reef in southern Spratly Islands in 1984 but makes no public territorial claim to the offshore reefs; the 2002 "Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea" has eased tensions in the Spratly Islands but falls short of a legally binding "code of conduct" desired by several of the disputants

      Illicit drugs:
      drug trafficking and illegally importing controlled substances are serious offenses in Brunei and carry a mandatory death penalty


      NOTE: The information regarding Brunei on this page is re-published from the 2006 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Brunei Transnational Issues 2006 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Brunei Transnational Issues 2006 should be addressed to the CIA.

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