sabah and sarawak are part of the island of indonesia.
sabah and sarawak are part of which island?
indonesia
east malaysia ("malaysia timur"), also known as sabah, sarawak and labuan ("sabah, sarawak dan labuan") or malaysian borneo, is the part of malaysia on the island of borneo, the world's third largest island. it consists of the malaysian states of sabah, closer to the philippines than the west of the country, sarawak in the west and the federal territory of labuan. labuan is an island in its small archipelago of the same name due north of brunei; its closest land mass is with sabah. it lies to the east of peninsular malaysia (west malaysia), the part of the country on the malay peninsula. the two are separated by the south china sea.
east malaysia
permanent residency in the states of sabah and sarawak are distinct from the other 11 malaysian states. while sabah and sarawak each has autonomy in immigration affairs (which includes imposing immigration restrictions on peninsular malaysia residents), permanent residents of sabah and sarawak are exempted from the immigration controls of their own states. a malaysian citizen born to a sabah or sarawak permanent resident would have sabah or sarawak permanent residency, regardless of where the person was born. birth in sabah or sarawak alone does not make a person a permanent resident unless one of his/her parents is a permanent resident. a person may become a sabah or sarawak permanent resident by obtaining permanent residence (pr) status issued by the respective state immigration departments. the permanent residency status of a person is indicated by a letter on his/her mykad below the photo, with "h" for sabahans, "k" for sarawakians, and none for peninsular malaysians. a similar scheme is also used in malaysian passports, differentiated by the letter prefix of the passport number:"h" for sabahans, "k" for sarawakians, and "a" for peninsular malaysians.
malaysian nationality law