Van Vollenhoven Institute Research Meeting
Crossing the Border in Borneo: the law and reality
- Date
- Wednesday 21 May 2025
- Time
- Address
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Kamerlingh Onnes Building
Steenschuur 25
2311 ES Leiden - Room
- B0.32
At the northernmost end of Indonesian Kalimantan lies the island of Sebatik, which is neatly bisected by the Indonesia-Malaysia border. The borderline is not fully agreed upon, not are the conditions for border crossing. The local (Indonesian) population has developed a modus vivendi with these conditions, but this unfinished status plays a central role in national government plans for development and relations with Malaysia. Sebatik’s border functionality is a bit of a litmus test for opposing national interests, but also a key further development in northern Borneo.