The Significance of Boundary Construction at Land Border between Indonesia–Malaysia in Temajuk Village, Sambas Regency as Manifestations of Indonesia’s Sovereignty
Abstract
This paper aims to study the importance of the physical boundary at the Indonesian and Malaysian Border in Temajuk Village, as a manifestation of effective implementation of Indonesia’s sovereignty in the area. This research is a legal research. Therefore, the data collecting method applied for this research mainly focuses on literature and field research to obtain primary legal materials, secondary legal materials and non-legal materials. These materials are analyzed using qualitative method with a statutory approach. The results of the research showed that the absence of several physical border markers, worsen by its worrying condition in Temajuk, often trigger legal issues and potential threats toward national security. As consequences, many issues have arisen, such as: a border dispute regarding the right to utilize the land, smuggling of commercial products and services, traffic of goods and services without customs tax, illegal logging, international marriage without complying to legal procedures, foreign influence infiltration, natural resources theft and undocumented residences or immigration. Ultimately, the Authors highly recommend the Government of Indonesia to be more serious and take necessary steps in constructing physical permanent border markers considering both legal and practical significance of the boundary line on the livelihoods of people living in the border area.
Keywords: Border Markers, Coordinate points, Indonesia’s sovereignty, Indonesia, land border, Malaysia
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