tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5305970325079126141.post8817760735776227540..comments2023-12-19T17:47:51.388+08:00Comments on Borneo Herald: Recognise Sabah, Sarawak as equalsBorneo Heraldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13330998026298164578noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5305970325079126141.post-51005167115430782432013-09-28T01:50:20.918+08:002013-09-28T01:50:20.918+08:00IF MALAYA RECOGNIZES SABAH SARAWAK AS EQUALS IT MU...IF MALAYA RECOGNIZES SABAH SARAWAK AS EQUALS IT MUST BE ON THESE TERMS:<br /><br />1. Malaya and Sabah and Sarawak will consider forming a "confederation" like the EU<br /><br />2. All member countries shall have equal voting power: 1:1:1<br /><br />3. Sabah and Sarawak will be independent states in a confederation as the British originally conceived it and not a federation. They shall exercise all powers of independent states.<br /><br />3. SS will take back control of their oil and gas resources, finance and collection taxes. <br /><br />4. SS retain control of immigration and internal defence and have joint external defence agreement with Malaya.<br /><br />5. SS can conduct their own foreign affairs.<br /><br />6. Malaya shall compensate SS for 50 years of plunder of their wealth, their loss and sufferings arising from being in "Malaysia".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5305970325079126141.post-77198996188226368662013-09-28T01:29:44.040+08:002013-09-28T01:29:44.040+08:00MALAYSIA IS A FAILURE- TOO LATE FOR ANY MITIGATIO...MALAYSIA IS A FAILURE- TOO LATE FOR ANY MITIGATION<br /><br />WE WANT "OUT" LIKE SINGAPORE!<br />MALAYSIA IS A FAILURE- TOO LATE FOR ANY MITIGATION<br /><br />WE WANT "OUT" LIKE SINGAPORE!<br /><br />The arguments put forward to justify Malaysia by Tengku Razaleigh like many Malayans do, gloss over the real facts on how Malaysia was formed. He is only defending the Malayan UMNO neo-colonialist position with the usual set of concocted facts. <br /><br />While acknowledging that Sabah and Sarawak are the most poverty stricken “states of Malaysia”, he does not point out that Brunei and Singapore (originally meant to be part of Malaysia) have fared far better as free and independent countries outside Malaysia. <br /><br />However, if we follow his line of argument we are diverted from examining the fundamentals for the creation of nations and see the truth about the creation of Malaysia. <br /><br />Many activists can see that Malaysia is a total failure as far as Sabah and Sarawak are concerned and like Razaleigh are calling for the"fixing up" of the Malaysia arrangement.<br /><br />But they do not appear to be aware that Malaysia is an illegal creation which was predetermined and formed by Britain in collusion with Malaya in flagrant breach of the UN Decolonisation Declaration. <br /><br />The Declaration said that all peoples and countries have an inalienable right to self-determination and independence without foreign interference.<br /><br />This means that Britain should have first complied with its duty as a colonial trustee of the Borneo colonies to "de-colonize", that is give independence to these countries first and not use its phoney “Independence in Malaysia” to cheat the people of their independence.<br /><br />It should have been the 3 independent states (the Malaysia plan included Brunei, North Borneo and Sarawak) deciding on their own time whether they wish to form Malaysia with Malaya and Singapore.<br /><br />However Malaya and Britain interfered and secretly colluded to transfer sovereignty to Malaya without prior consultation with the people at least 3 years before 16 September 1963.<br /><br />All their secret dealings are revealed in the recently declassified British colonial documents.<br /><br />This important point which Dr. Jeffrey Kitingan and other nationalist groups do not appear to pick up is that the people were prevented by Britain and Malaya from freely determining their future using various pretexts to justify their "Malaysia". Such false rationales have been already been thoroughly exposed by Dr. Kitingan and others as to the failure of promises of security and economic development.<br /><br />To understand the real issues, it is therefore of utmost importance that activists who have the declassified "secret" British colonial documents spread the documents as widely as possible so that people can read and digest the shocking truth.<br /><br />A shorter route to these secrets has been provided by a book just published by Ms. Lina Soo on how the British colluded with Malaya to hand over the Borneo colonies to Malaya without bothering to hold a referendum but by coercion, intrigue, trickery and force to impose their Malaysia idea (not "ideal"). The book shows the important documents hitherto kept locked up in the British Archives.<br /><br />Malaya as a foreign country had interfered with the Borneo people's right of self-determination. This is in breach of that UN declaration which said there should be no foreign interference in the process of gaining independence.<br /><br />For Malaya to be in the Cobbold Commission was a blatant and direct interference in Borneon affairs. <br /><br /><br />Further, it was gross conflict of interest for Britain to appoint the Cobbold Commission and used it to avoid a proper referendum. This compounded its criminal breach of its duty as trustee of the colonies. <br /><br />All these facts show that the Malaysia Agreement was made illegally and without the people's mandate.<br /><br />The issue will become focused when legal action is commenced against Britain for its criminal breach of duty to the Borneon people in Sabah and Sarawak.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com