An agreement has been reached between the Sarawak and the federal governments to fulfil five out of 13 demands relating to the state’s rights under the Malaysia Agreement 1963 (MA63).

Assistant Minister for Law, State-Federal Relations and Project Monitoring Sharifah Hasidah Sayeed Aman Ghazali said of the remaining eight demands, four were still in the process of negotiation, and the other four were being discussed at the joint-committee level...