INTRODUCTION

Malaysia has been a sailor since the time of the Malacca Sultanate in the 17th century and serves as an important shipping and trading route between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean. Malaysian Maritime Zone means deep sea, territorial waters, continental shelf, exclusive economic zone, Malaysian fishing waters and includes airspace over the zone (Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency ACT (2004)). Brain Goodall (1998), a sea area is a sea or area subject to or subject to national or international authorities. They are depicted as part of the seabed, water columns, and the surface of the sea, and are subdivided for political jurisdiction over the use and ownership of marine resources. The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea sets out three types of laws and regulations (UNCLOS). These include the Continental Shelf, Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), T erritorial waters. Finally, the goal in selecting issues related to Malaysia's duplicate maritime claims is to identify the cause or reason for the duplication and how Malaysia will resolve the issue.

The title of our study is "Overlapping Claims in Malaysian Seas''. it is a problem that is frequently mentioned and occurs in all countries, including Malaysia. It took several weeks to collect important data and make the investigation successful. Based on the title of this study, we will focus on the reasons for the issue or controversy regarding this area of Malaysia and the steps Malaysia needs to take to overcome this issue so as not to jeopardize the sovereignty of the area of Malaysia. Then use some literature reviews as references and guides when studying the selected topic. Among the titles of the literature reviews used was an article related to Malaysia FM: China's "nine-dash line” claims 'ridiculous article about Singapore, Malaysia suspending implementation of overlapping port limits The research on this topic used a conceptual framework. T o determine the variables used in the survey. Variables have two relationships: independent variables and dependent variables. Independent variables are the reason for Malaysia's weakness in dealing with foreign issues with overlapping claims for Malaysia's sovereignty. how Malaysia can overcome the recurrence of the problem is a dependent variable. This shows that these variables are measurable and can provide analysis and data..

CONCLUSION & DISCUSSION. T he overlapping claims of Malaysia's waters are one of the issues that need to be taken seriously and addressed as freshly and best as possible. problems have the following adverse effects: Safety threats to national waters. happened here includes claims to Batu Puteh Island, Spratly Islands, Ligitan Island, Sipadan, and many others. Therefore, the Malaysian Government needs to resolve the issue of duplicate claims in Malaysian waters to prevent future conflicts that could affect the country. This study aims to understand the consequences of duplicate claims that can have implications and challenges for Malaysia..