Kota Kinabalu: “The revelations by Tan Sri Majid Khan that the explanations of the federal leaders in the 1970s that only oil found on-shore belongs to Sabah and that found off-shore belonged to the federal government clearly proves that the federal leaders from Malaya were prepared to concoct lies and bent on taking over, “stealing”, Sabah’s oil and gas resources at all costs” said Datuk Dr. Jeffrey Kitingan, STAR Sabah Chief when commenting on the untold story presented by Tan Sri Majid Khan at the recent forum “The Formation of Malaysia – The Untold Story” organized by The Sabah Society.
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?