<P> 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 . </P>
<P> 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 . </P>
sabah and sarawak are part of which island
sabah and sarawak are part of which island
East Malaysia
East Malaysia