Borders of Malaysia Borders of Malaysia The borders of Malaysia include land and maritime borders with Brunei, Indonesia and Thailand and shared maritime boundaries with China, Philippines, Singapore and Vietnam. Malaysia has a total land border length of 3,147.3 km. Malaysia's border with Brunei is 481.3 km in length. Except for its coastline with the South China Sea, Brunei is completely surrounded by Malaysia's state of Sarawak on the island of Borneo. Malaysia shares a land border with Indonesia on the island of Borneo. The Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak lie to the north of the border while the Indonesian provinces of
Majlis Bahasa Brunei-Indonesia-Malaysia MBIM became MABBIM when Brunei joined this council on 4 November 1985. Singapore is as an observer. Majlis Bahasa Brunei-Indonesia-Malaysia MABBIM (shortform for "Majlis Bahasa Brunei-Indonesia-Malaysia" - "Language Council of Brunei-Indonesia-Malaysia") is a regional language organisation which is formed to plan and monitor the development of the Malay language in the region. It consists of three countries - Brunei, Indonesia and Malaysia. Majlis Bahasa Indonesia-Malaysia (MBIM, Language Council of Indonesia-Malaysia) which was formed on 29 December 1972, after a Pernyataan Bersama was being signed by the late Tun Hussein Onn who was the Education Minister of Malaysia and Bapak Mashuri