Sipadan Diving Vacation Blog

This came out in the Borneo Post yesterday. In case you are wondering, the Borneo Post is the largest English language daily newspaper on the island of Borneo. I think they are not online yet. I hope someday they will come online. Here’s the article.

TAWAU: The commander of the US Pacific Fleet, Admiral William J. Fallon, was very impressed with the security and stability in Malaysian waters which he described as safe from terrorism, criminal and piracy activities.

He said the US is very interested in this region, especially because of its heavy commercial shipping lane in the Straits of Malacca.

“I wanted to see the country, especially in this region, because of the challenges in the tri-border of the area, the Philippines, Indonesia and Malaysia and to get to know the sense of security and stability for the whole Asia,” Fallon said during a visit to the Sri Mahawangsa ship here yesterday.

Stressing that it was a good thing that he had a first hand-look into the region’s safety, he said without the two important aspects, bad elements would easily disrupt the whole nation.

Fallon was accompanied by Malaysian Army’s Panglima Datuk Seri Mohd Anwar Haji Mohd Nor during the visit.

Glad I am not the only one who thinks Malaysia is safe.

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