Kota Kinabalu: “Whichever angle or perspective you look at, 1976 was “annus horribilis” or horrible year for Sabah. It was just not a horrible year for Sabah in 1976 alone but it continued until the present day and Sabahans are still suffering from its effects” said Datuk Dr. Jeffrey Kitingan, STAR Sabah Chief, commenting on on-going spat between the 2 Tan Sris, Pairin and Harris Salleh, on the loss of Sabah rights.
Written by Joe Fernandez, Malaysia Chronicle
The insensitive ignoramuses have done it again! The buntings and
billboards, shipped in from Putrajaya, brazenly proclaim 55 years of
Merdeka throughout the length and breadth of Sabah and Sarawak. This is
the Mother of All Bullshit in Sabah and Sarawak.
Whose Merdeka?
Obviously, it’s Merdeka for Peninsular Malaysia or Malaya which
became independent of British colonial rule of a sort on 31 Aug, 1957.
The revisionists are claiming that the British never really colonised
Malaya – the land of the Orang Asal i.e. the Orang Asli -- which they in
fact hacked away from the Thai kingdom, after two wars with Bangkok, to
plant rubber and mine tin. But that’s another story.
That i.e. 1957 being the case, why flaunt it in Sabah and Sarawak and
expect the long-suffering people there to share in the joy of the
people of Malaya in being free of colonialism and imperialism?