KUCHING, March 22 -- The media from Peninsular Malaysia are urged to stop circulating misleading narratives about Sarawak's oil and gas rights.

In making this call, Sarawak United Peoples' Party (SUPP) Stakan chairman Datuk Sim Kiang Chiok said they supported the recent statement by Sarawakian senators regarding the inaccurate and deceptive claims made by peninsula-based media.

"These claims were further amplified by a former high-ranking government official, who introduced a new, untrue history to the Malaysian public," he said in a statement yesterday.

According to Sim, history books have been written in a way that wrongly suggests Sarawak is owned by Peninsular Malaysia.

He said this had led to the spread of incorrect narratives in...