Brunei Transnational Issues
Disputes - internationalin 2003 Brunei and Malaysia ceased gas and oil exploration in their offshore and deepwater seabeds until negotiations progress to an agreement over allocation of disputed areas; Malaysia's land boundary with Brunei around Limbang is in dispute; Brunei established an exclusive economic fishing zone encompassing Louisa Reef in southern Spratly Islands in 1984 but makes no public territorial claim to the offshore reefs; the 2002 ''Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea'' has eased tensions in the Spratly Islands but falls short of a legally binding ''code of conduct'' desired by several of the disputants
Illicit drugs
drug trafficking and illegally importing controlled substances are serious offenses in Brunei and carry a mandatory death penalty
