Amanah says it is worried that the Sarawak state government's act of sending lawyers to London to study the Malaysia Agreement 1963 (MA63) would be inviting foreigners to "intervene" in national affairs.

"If this had been initiated by the opposition, the government would have slammed us ... but this was initiated by the state government itself," Amanah deputy president Salahuddin Ayub said.

Last Friday, Sarawak Chief Minister Abang Johari Openg announced that the state will send a team of lawyers to London to search for and study any references related to the state’s rights under the MA63.

This is an effort to strengthen the state's autonomy, a movement initiated by Abang Johari's late predecessor Adenan Satem.

Salahuddin's concern about possible foreign intervention comes after a slew of accusations against Pakatan Harapan, alleging it was behind the US Department of Justice's lawsuits on 1MDB.

Meanwhile, Sarawak DAP yesterday questioned why the state government was sending lawyers to London when the relevant documents are already in the state.

Citing a July 2016 news report, Sarawak DAP chief Chong Chien Jen said SUPP had already brought back "valuable" documents on the MA63 to present to Adenan.

“If, indeed, SUPP had brought back the original documents, I urge Abang Johari to send his legal team to SUPP headquarters instead of London to study them,” Chong was quoted as saying by the Borneo Post.