Sabah Sarawak Union - United Kingdom

As being part of the member of Returned Services League Australia, it's an every year events that I went to few suburbs from April 23rd to 25th for Anzac Eve Service, Anzac Dawn Service, Anzac Day Parade, and Commemorative Service.. I met all the RSL sub branch Presidents and thank them, to the Australian Armies for being part of our history, fighting for North Borneo Sabah and Sarawak during the World War 2 against the Japan. Without their backing up, we the natives of Borneo might be vanished from our Land Below the Wind.

There's one old man at his age around early 60's (Personal details privately kept) who told me that his generation since his grandfather, and his father and himself are all served their life as an Australian armies. He's never been to Borneo before, but his father did.. He told me that his father one of the armies fighting with the guerillas, and who walked along the Sandakan's trails to Ranau, what they called it "Sandakan Death March" during the Japan tried to colonised Borneo in 1940's. He seemed like have a greater information about my hometown's history than myself, since we've never being taught our true history in public educational school.

Not only that, this man are the one who start the conversation about North Borneo first, before i even begin with the topic. When he said "we still have few collection of North Borneo's stamps".. Then i asked him, whether or not he knows about the formation of Malaysia, he then answered me, yes he knows, but the information that he have is more before Sabah Sarawak still under the rule of British... They knows better, how the four countries form Malaysia in 1963, and how the Singapore ceased in 1965. I then told him that we're in a process of claiming our right from the Malaysia Agreement 1963.. Then he said, "it should be done long before, at the same time when Singapore ceased from being part of Malaysia".. Then i reply him, "it may be because we are not fit to run our own country yet during that time with lack of education, but it doesn't meant that we are not fit now since we have many great educated leaders, it's just that they don't stand together as a team".. I continue explained, "we're in the process of claiming our Rights through United Nation to reveal and justify the Malaysia Agreement 1963, and we need 300,000 signatures for the petition, that allows us to open all and everything what's beneath including dragging the corrupted who fail to fulfill the 20 Points of Agreement terms.. I am part of the hundreds volunteers who collecting the signed petition and try to educate our people with the history, knowledge and our Rights on our land.. Our representative she's in UK, the one who confronting with the UN and facing all the challenging of being verbally assault by the group who are not agreed for Sabah Sarawak to claim our Rights".. 

He then said, "It is a nobel of you all to educate and to claims your rights for the better future of your generation. It is not easy, but it's not impossible. As long as you all standing together, you will never be defeated. But if you fail for the first time of claiming your right, never feel down and giving up. It's just the first try. There's a country who gain their freedom and independence after 100 years of fighting. Imagine how many generations they need to keep them to be prepared along the process. Just never let your history forgotten and keep on encourage your people for a higher education. Once it's forgotten, your hope will be lesser to none", he said..

I have a great conversation with these groups of great people. And as our conversation concluded, I am not only get their solidarity supports to signed the petition, but the great of all, i get few volunteers, to whom i passed my files that I've prepared, to help with collecting the sign petition.

May the justice will be gain for the rights and the truth.

Source: Elvera Edward

Saya sempat bercerita dengan pegawai imigresen Singapura.

Dia cakap, Johor dalam proses mau keluar Malaysia, dan Saya cakap Sabah juga sama.

Saya kata pada dia, sekali Sabah Merdeka tetap Merdeka.

Dia cakap, "Johor Such a big Country", terus saya balas, Sabah far more bigger country than Johor. Dia terus bilang "You are very Proud about Sabah ya", Of Course Saya bilang.

Last dia tanya, Do you think Sabah better without Malaysia?

Then saya jawab, we will become one of the richest country once we are "out" from Malaysia.

Paling last dia jawab, Your Time Will Come, like Us...Dont Worry!! ^^ Amen.

DSCC

Singapura

Source: DS Chazy Chaz

KOTA KINABALU, 2 october 2015: The High Court will on Nov 11 deliver its decision on the application by four Sabah Sarawak Keluar Malaysia (SKMM) activists to have their case of having materials calling for Sabah and Sarawak to secede from Malaysia transferred from the Sessions Court to the High Court.

In their application, Azrie Situ, 24, Jemmy Liku, Markus Situ, 32, Erick Jack William, 29, and Joseph Koilis, 29, raised that legal arguments which are going to be raised in their defence are complex in nature and that such complex legal arguments are matters best heard and determined by the High Court.

Their counsel Tengku Ahmad Fuad, who appeared together with counsel Arthur Chin, also told Judge Datuk Nurchaya Arshad that they were challenging the definition of 'seditious tendency'.

The four had, on March 16 this year, pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court to having pamphlets with seditious content at 9.50am on Feb 1, this year at the weekly Tamu in Tuaran.

Erick is accused of having 91 pieces of the seditious pamphlets, Joseph 13, Azrie five and Jemmy one.

The offence, under Section 4(2) of the Sedition Act, carries a fine of up to RM2,000 or a jail term of up to 18 months, or both, on conviction with the offending publications to be seized and destroyed.

The trial of the activists has been put off in the Sessions Court pending the outcome of their application in the High Court.

In Thursday's proceeding Tengku Ahmad argued that speaking up about Sabah's rights within Malaysia can never be seditious.

"(And) we are challenging the definition of 'seditious tendency'.

"What we are saying is that if you questioned Sabahan's rights openly...that category of speech is incapable of criminalisation under the Sedition Act," said Tengku Ahmad.

The court also ordered the prosecution to give the defence the list of words claimed to be seditious in the document by Oct 7 and ordered both applicants and the prosecution to tender their respective submission on Oct 21.

Deputy Public Prosecutor (DPP) Azreezi Nordin appeared for the prosecution.

Source: Daily Express

KUALA LUMPUR: Sabahan freedom fighter Doris Jones @ Doris Yapp Kim Yuon who heads the UK-based Sabah Sarawak Union-United Kingdom (SSU-UK), an NGO behind the Sabah Sarawak Keluar Malaysia Facebook page, wants to bring to public attention that if the Malaysian Government wants to level accusations against her, it should do so officially and in writing. “It’s strange that we have a government which doesn’t hesitate to accuse one of all sorts of things in public but was not willing to put them down in writing.”

If there are charges, she added, it must be conveyed to the one accused in writing. “If there are charges, what’s the reason not to notify in writing? So, how can I respond? I would like to return home and face the charges.”

“When I turned up at the Malaysian High Commission in London on September 30 with Sarawakian and SSU-UK founder member Zurainee Tehek as a witness to collect the extension of my passport, an official Azhar Bin Abd Hamid gave all sorts of reasons why they couldn’t let me have my passport,” said Jones in a statement in Bahasa which is making the rounds in WhatsApp and social media. “The official was also not willing to let me have in black and white the complaints that the Malaysian government have against me.”

“I wrote down the complaints myself on an A4 white sheet of paper with a pen, both obtained from Azhar, and asked him to sign it. He refused to do so.”

Jones said that when she asked Azhar whether the Malaysian government refused to extend her passport, he denied it but at the same time added: “It’s not that the government doesn’t want to extend your passport. The government rejected extending it.”

Jones said that when she heard Azhar’s reply, she recalled Ahmad Maslan, Salleh Said Keruak and other Ministers back home who invariably never failed to give similarly “stupid answers” when asked something quite straight forward. “Why does the government keep officers who give such stupid answers when queried by the public? Azhar also initially refused to return my old passport on the grounds that it belongs to the Malaysian government.”

Briefly, Jones said that Azhar told her the Malaysian government had directed him to delay extending her passport, that there was an arrest warrant issued by the police and pending against her, and that she was facing charges of opposing the Malaysian government through the struggle to bring Sabah and Sarawak out of the Federation. “I have been interviewed by UK government officials on the matter of the High Commission not being able to extend my passport.”

“The National Liberal Party (NLP) President Graham Williamson has also issued a statement on the matter. Williamson heads the Nations Without States of which SSU-UK is a member.”

In the rest of her statement, Jones charged that the people of Sabah and Sarawak had been taken for a ride since 1963 by the Malayan government masquerading as the Malaysian government and that Malaysia the Federation was nothing more than Malaya the peninsula. “We in Sabah and Sarawak have nothing in common with Malaya. We are so different from them.”

She demanded that Malayan political parties in Sabah and Sarawak leave the two Borneo nations as they had the insidious motive of changing the character of the two Borneo nations.

She pledged that she would work through the United Nations and the international community to free Sabah and Sarawak from the clutches of Malaya.

Source: Free Malaysia Today

FOKUS: Kekurangan Sarawak pada hari ini adalah parti pembangkang dan gabungan pembangkang yang berasal dari negeri ini sendiri.

Pembangkang yang kita ada hari ini adalah parti dari Malaya. Dengan seruan-seruan untuk autonomi yang lebih besar, penurunan kuasa kepada negeri, pemenuhan Perjanjian Malaysia 1963 dan Sarawak untuk orang Sarawak (S4S). Dengan mengambil kira hal-hal ini, DAP, PKR dan PAS – kesemuanya parti dari Malaya – akan mendapati mereka semakin terpinggir daripada sentimen umum warga Sarawak.

Sementara itu Ketua Menteri Adenan Satem akan terus memberi penekanan dengan kenyataannya seperti “kami mahu autonomi penuh dikembalikan”, “pencuri balak perlu dibanteras”, “kawasan hutan kekal perlu diperbanyakkan” dan “Putrajaya mengambil pendekatan yang salah dan kami lebih tahu situasi tempatan dan bagaimana untuk mentadbir negeri”.

Suka atau tidak, kenyataan-kenyataan ini selari dengan sentimen warga Sarawak kerana hanya Adenan yang berani bercakap tentangnya. Dan tanpa perlu menjadi populis.

Adenan bukannya menjadi populis. Beliau hanya berkata bahawa Sarawak satu ketika dahulu memiliki segalanya, namun telah dirompak selepas diperdaya bahawa Malaysia akan menjadikannya lebih makmur.

“Sebelum 16 September 1963 kita memiliki status autonomi penuh,” beliau dilaporkan berkata. Hari ini beliau memimpin perjuangan untuk mengambil semula apa yang menjadi kepunyaan negeri.

Inilah apa yang akan dilakukan anak Sarawak sejati. Memang kerajaannya adalah kerajaan Barisan Nasional. Tetapi ini kerana beliau tidak mahu menjadi kerajaan pembangkang.

Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) di bawah pimpinan Joseph Pairin Kitingan pernah menjadi kerajaan pembangkang. Lihatlah apa yang terjadi kepadanya dan negeri itu.

Sarawak boleh mengawal hal-ehwalnya sendiri, namun ia tidak akan dapat mengawal Parlimen. Dengan menjadi sebahagian daripada BN, Sarawak bukan sahaja dapat ditadbir secara sepatutnya, ia juga dapat memberikan tekanan kepada Putrajaya.

Putrajaya memiliki tanggungjawab memberikan dana kepada Sarawak. Ia juga bertanggungjawab untuk membantu membangunkan negeri. Itulah tugas kerajaan pusat.

Kerajaan Adenan memiliki pegangan dalam kerajaan pusat melalui keahlian BN-nya. Ia memudahkan komunikasi dan persefahaman antara Sarawak dan Putrajaya.

Permainan Adenan adalah permainan untuk orang Sarawak dari orang Sarawak, dan dengan gaya Sarawak.

Bukankah beliau telah mengatakannya? “Kita lebih tahu tentang situasi tempatan dan bagaimana untuk mentadbir negeri dengan lebih baik.”

Saya ingin melihat pengusiran MP DAP Petaling Jaya Utara Tony Pua daripada negeri sebagai sebahagian daripada keseluruhan perjuangan Adenan bagi Sarawak untuk orang Sarawak.

Mesej Adenan nampaknya adalah orang Sarawak perlu mempunyai keyakinan untuk melaksanakan perjuangannya sendiri. Orang Sarawak tidak boleh bergantung kepada pihak Malaya untuk kekuatan fizikal dan moral.

Ketika era Darurat, warga Sarawak telah berjuang menentang komunis di Malaya. Ada yang terkorban. Orang Malaya tidak akan dapat menyekat komunisme dengan sendiri, tanpa renjer dan pengesan dari Sarawak.

Manakala askar Malaya yang berhadapan serangan Indonesia di Tebedu ketika penghujung konfrontasi Malaysia-Indonesia hanya meninggalkan ingatan-ingatan melucukan. Menurut cerita orang tempatan, mereka menembak ke atas pokok! Ada yang berlawak bahawa mungkin askar-askar ini merasakan orang Indonesia juga tinggal di atas pokok!

Secara ringkasnya, warga Sarawak sentiasa mampu berdikari, ketika zaman perang dan juga aman. Mengapa pada masa ini pihak Malaya seperti Pua dianggap seperti wira pula?

DAP Sarawak tidak akan mendapat simpati daripada warga negeri ini dengan terlalu bergantung kepada rakan mereka di Malaya.

DAP Sarawak perlu berjuang seperti orang Sarawak dan untuk orang Sarawak. Bukan untuk Malaya.

Apa yang negeri ini perlukan adalah parti atau gabungan pembangkang Sarawak yang sebenar, yang lahir dan bertapak di negeri ini.

DAP Sarawak boleh menjadi parti itu jika ia adalah Parti Tindakan Demokratik Sarawak, dan bukannya Parti Tindakan Demokratik Malaya cawangan Sarawak.

Source: The Ant Daily

KOTA KINABALU: The Sessions Court here adjourned to October 15 this year to mention the case of four volunteers of the Sabah Sarawak Keluar Malaysia (SSKM) movement, who were charged with allegedly propagating the secession of Sabah from Malaysia.

Judge Dean Wayne Daly set the date for Azrie Situ, 24, Jemmy Liku Markus Situ, 32, Erick Jack William, 28, and Joseph Kolis, 29, following an application made by counsel Tengku Ahmad Fuad for all the accused persons, when the case came up for hearing yesterday.

Fuad applied for postponement pending the disposal of the criminal application before the High Court to have his clients’ case heard there.

Deputy public prosecutor Azeezi Nordin did not object to the postponement as the High Court had already set October 1 to hear the application made by the defence.

The accused persons were caught at the weekly tamu in Tuaran on February 1 at around 9.50am for supposedly having seditious pamphlets urging Sabah and Sarawak to leave Malaysia.

Erick allegedly had 91 pieces of the publication, Joseph 13 pieces, Azrie five pieces and Jemmy one piece.

The offence under Section 4(2) of the Sedition Act provides for a fine of up to RM2,000 or a maximum jail term of 18 months, or both, upon conviction, and the offensive material is to be seized and destroyed.

Read more: Borneo Post Online

KUNDASANG, 31 Ogos 2015: Satu program perayaan menyambut Hari Kemerdekaan Negara Sabah kali ke-52 tahun bakal diadakan di Pekan Kundasang, Ranau.

Program ini yang dipengerusi oleh En.Japiril Suhaimin mengatakan bahawa ia adalah anjuran Perikatan Sabah Bersatu (United Sabah Alliance - U.S.A) yang dianggotai oleh beberapa pertubuhan parti-parti politik iaitu STAR, SAPP, PCS dan NGO Politik seperti APS dan beberapa lagi.Beliau juga mengatakan bahawa program ini adalah untuk memperingati dan mengingatkan kepada semua rakyat Sabah bahawa pada 31 Ogos 1963, Sabah telah mencapai Kemerdekaan.

Program ini telah mendapat sokongan daripada banyak NGO-NGO pro Sabah yang akan turut bersama-sama didalam perayaan ini iaitu United Borneo Front (UBF), Sabah Youth Solidarity (SYS), Semangat Satu Perjuangan Rakyat (SSPR), North Borneo Friendship Movement (NBFM), Sabah Sarawak Union (SSU-UK), Gen-Y, Bangkit Anak Negara Sabah (BANSA), Sunduvan Sabah (Sunduvan), I Am Sabahan (IAS), Northern Club, Jesselton Friendly Club (JFC), Pasukan Pembela Hak Rakyat Sabah (PEMBELA), Momogun Movement For Self-Determination (MOSIK), Proton Iswara Saga Club Sabah PT (PISCS), Sandakan Friends Team (SFT), The Brotherhood of Sabah (The Bos), Angkatan Warisan Anak Sabah (AWAS), Persatuan Orang Asal Malaysia (POAMAT), Persatuan Rumpun Etnik Suluk Sabah (PRESS), Sabah Freedom Movement (SFM), Persatuan Anak Negeri Sabah (PANAS), Kumpulan Bertindak Samah Sabah (KBSS), Sabah 4 Sabahan (S4S).

Berdasarkan informasi yang diterima, terdapat sudah sejumlah ramai rakyat Sabah yang telah bergerak sehari lebih awal ke Kundasang untuk menghadiri program tersebut. Mereka adalah dari beberapa Zon di Sabah iaitu Zon Pantai Barat, Zon Pantai Timur, Zon Pantai Utara dan Zon Pedalaman.

Terdapat juga konvoi berkereta yang telah memilih untuk bergerak pada hari ini yang kini didalam perjalanan daripada Zon Pantai Barat, Zon Utara dan Zon Pedalaman Sabah.

Presiden SSPR, En.Jalibin telah memaklumkan kepada pihak wartawan Bobohizon bahawa beliau akan memimpin sejumlah ramai peserta daripada Ranau yang akan bertolak pada jam 8.00am untuk program berjalan kaki ke kundasang untuk bersama-sama memeriahkan sambutan Kemerdekaan tersebut. Jangkaan beliau untuk tiba di Pekan Kundasang adalah sekitar jam 11.00am.

Pada tahun lepas juga, NGO beliau telah mencatat sejarah baru berjalan kaki daripada Ranau ke Tg.Aru, Kota Kinabalu yang telah mengambil masa selama seminggu perjalanan. Selain itu juga, NGO Sabah Freedom Movement (SFS) yang dipimpin oleh En.Tony Minggir dan MOSIK oleh mendiang En.Daniel Jebon pula telah mengambil cek poin masing-masing di Kudat dan Kota Marudu turut bersama menjayakan program berjalan kaki yang telah memakan masa seminggu dan berakhir dipertemuan penamat di Tg.Aru.

Demikian juga aktiviti yang serupa telah dilakukan dibahagian pedalaman Keningau, Tenom, Sook dan Bingkor pada tahun lepas.

Pihak wartawan bebas Bobohizon akan terus memberikan anda liputan berita terkini tentang program Hari Kemerdekaan Sabah di Kundasang, Ranau.

Source: Bobohizan

1. Saya menghargai dan ucapkan terima kasih atas jemputan melalui panggilan telefon dan mesej facebook oleh pihak penganjur. Namun saya memohon maaf kerana tidak dapat memenuhi undangan ini.

2. Selain daripada sudah ada program yang telah lama dirancang, buat masa ini saya masih tidak bersedia 'bekerjasama' dengan UMNO untuk bercakap soal MA63 apatah lagi melalui forum-forum kerana saya sudah lama melaluinya sebelum ini. Ada yang mungkin beranggapan saya prejudis, tetapi tolong baca hujah saya.

3. Saya berpendirian begitu bukan semata-mata kerana prinsip politik melawan UMNO sebagai parti pemerintah yang korup dan zalim, tetapi berdasarkan kepada hujah bahawa UMNO sebagai parti pemerintah yang ada kuasa tidak perlu buat forum untuk sekadar sebuah pemahaman sejarah dan dokumen. 

4. Sebagai parti pemerintah, bukan sahaja dalam Kerajaan Sabah tetapi menguasai Kerajaan Persekutuan Malaysia maka menjadi tugas mereka sepatutnya merangka dasar dan polisi untuk melaksana dan mengimplementasi sistem berdasarkan perjanjian yang telah dibuat pada tahun 1963 antara Persekutuan Tanah Melayu, North Borneo/Sabah, Sarawak dan Singapura sebagai bekas koloni British, bukannya sekadar cakap-cakap di dalam dewan untuk memperlihatkan bahawa UMNO juga memperjuangkan HAK SABAH.

5. Jika tujuannya hanya untuk pemahaman, sebagai kerajaan yang berkuasa, ia boleh dimulakan secara nyata di sekolah2, IPTA/IPTS dan yang lebih mudah melalui JABATAN PENERANGAN DAN RTM serta media perdana yang dikuasai kerajaan. Tidak hanya dibuat dalam forum yang dihadiri oleh seratus atau seribu orang.

6. Saya beri satu analogi, jika saya seorang anggota polis yang memiliki gari dan pistol di tangan, melihat seorang pencuri sedang merompak, apakah saya sekadar bercakap kepada masyarakat bahawa saya sepatutnya boleh menangkapnya atau saya terus bertindak/merangka tindakan untuk menangkapnya? Sudah tentu tindakan lebih penting kerana umumnya masyarakat memaklumi kuasa anggota polis.

7. Itulah yang sedang dibuat oleh Ketua Menteri Sarawak, iaitu mendasari langkah implementasi kuasa autonomi, berdasarkan MA63 dan bukannya bercerita apakah yang terdapat dalam MA63 yang secara umumnya kita tahu ada HAK SABAH yang telah diabaikan di dalamnya. 

8. HAK SABAH sebenarnya bukan hanya dalam MA63 sahaja, bahkan semua dokumentasi sama ada keratan akhbar, ucapan pemimpin dan paling utama semua proses yang berlaku sehingga akhirnya MA63 ditandatangani termasuklah Perkara 20 dan Batu Sumpah. Oleh kerana itu, sering saya sebutkan bahawa apa yang kita perjuangkan ialah HAK SABAH BUKANNYA DOKUMEN TERTENTU. Dokumen hanya rujukan dan bahan sokongan. Bahkan menurut pandangan peribadi saya, MA63 SEPATUTNYA sudah BATAL selepas Singapura dikeluarkan daripada PERSEKUTUAN dan satu perjanjian baru wajar dibuat antara wilayah yang masih bersekutu iaitu Sabah, Sarawak dan Tanah Melayu. Bahkan pemimpin Sabah terdahulu ada menyebutkan soal ini sebaik sahaja Singapura disingkirkan.

9. Namun ini tidak bermakna saya mengatakan penganjuran ini salah, saya juga tidak menghalang penyokong2 saya untuk menghadirinya. Saya cuma berpandangan bahawa jika UMNO ikhlas, maka melaksanakan tindakan lebih utama daripada sekadar bercakap kerana kuasa ada di tangan mereka. Pakar2 ekonomi, pakar sistem pentadbiran, ahli akademik dalam bidang bersesuaian boleh dipanggil untuk memperhalusi rangka implementasi dan bukannya ahli politik yang tiba-tiba jadi pakar dokumen. Jika hanya bercakap, maka rakyat akan menilai bahawa kerajaan pimpinan UMNO/BN gagal dan perlu diganti dengan kerajaan yang BERTINDAK.

Hasmin Azroy Abdullah.

KOTA KINABALU, 10 Ogos 2015: Satu program aman yang bertemakan Black Sunday 2.0 telah dilakukan oleh Pemuda SAPP bagi tujuan kesedaran awal tentang Hari Kemerdekaan Sabah di Gaya Street pada hari Ahad.

Program ini memfokuskan kepada penyebaran kebenaran sejarah yang selama ini tidak diketahui oleh orang ramai khususnya bangsa Sabah.

Dengan berbekalkan bendera lama kerajaan Sabah yang dikibarkan pada tahun 1963 sehingga tahun 1982, poster yang berlakarkan gambar wajah Ketua Menteri Sabah yang Pertama, Tun Fuad Stephens dan Yang Di-Pertua Negara Sabah, Tun Mustapha telah digunakan untuk tujuan program kesedaran ini.

Menurut En.Dexter Chin yang merupakan setiausaha Penganjur Exco Pemuda SAPP, beliau mengatakan bahawa adalah sangat penting bagi orang ramai untuk memperingati sejarah bahawa Sabah adalah berstatus negara pada 31 Ogos 1963 sebelum membentuk Persekutuan Malaysia pada 16 September 1963.

Pembentukkan Persekutuan Malaysia adalah berdasarkan kepada konsep Rakan Kongsi Empat Negara yang terdiri daripada Negara Sabah (dahulu dikenali sebagai North Borneo), Negara Sarawak, Negara Singapura dan Persekutuan Tanah Melayu (Malaya). Namun, pada 9 Ogos 1965, Singapura telah keluar daripada Persekutuan dan meninggalkan dua negara Borneo ini bersendirian dengan Malaya. Lantas itu, konsep Persekutuan telah diubah dengan penurunan status Sabah sebagai sebuah negara dan rakan kongsi telah diturunkan oleh Kerajaan Persekutuan Malaysia pada 27 Ogos 1976.

Beliau mengulas dengan lebih lanjut lagi dengan menambahkan bahawa apapun yang telah terjadi, Sabah dan Sarawak masih mempunyai kuasa autonomi dalam mengendalikan hal-ehwal kerajaan tempatan. Semuanya in telah termaktub didalam Perjanjian Malaysia dan ia mesti dihormati oleh kerajaan persekutuan. Autonomi penuh perlu diberikan kepada Sabah agar kelancaran didalam pentadbiran dapat dicapai bagi kepentingan kerajaan tempatan dan rakyat Sabah.

Kenyataan Datuk Seri Zahid Hamidi yang merupakan Menteri Kementerian Dalam Negeri (kini Timbalan Perdana Menteri) tentang larangannya kepada rakyat Sabah untuk tidak mempersoalkan isu pendatang asing merupakan satu penghinaan kepada rakyat Sabah. Ini kerana kuasa imigresen sebenarnya merupakan kuasa kerajaan Sabah dan ia telah termaktub didalam 20 Perkara. Selain Imigresen, kuasa mengurus Pendidikan dan Ekonomi Sabah juga adalah antara kuasa yang dimiliki oleh Kerajaan Sabah. Namun, kesemua ini tidak dihormati oleh kerajaan persekutuan, tegas En.Dexter Chin.

Justeru, adalah sangat penting untuk setiap rakyat Sabah untuk bersama-sama berjuang untuk menuntut hak Sabah seperti yang telah termaktub didalam Perjanjian Malaysia.

Sepanjang program dijalankan, terdapat sedikit kekecohan dan ketegangan yang telah berlaku. Pihak polis telah mengganggu program tersebut dan ingin merampas bendera Sabah yang dipegang oleh peserta program sehinggakan peserta program tersebut jatuh kerana ditolak oleh pihak polis dengan kasar.

Salah seorang peserta program telah membawa dan mengibarkan bendera Sarawak yang telah dikibarkan pada tahun 1963 sehingga tahun 1973..

Seramai 30 orang peserta telah menjayakan program aman dan dua NGO telah memberikan sokongan kepada program tersebut. NGO yang terlibat ialah Sabah Solidariti dan Sabah Sarawak Union - United Kingdom (SSU-UK).

Turut hadir bersama dalam program tersebut adalah Ketua Pemuda Exco SAPP Jamain Shamarudin, Naib Ketua Pemuda SAPP Stephan Gaimin, Naib Ketua Pemuda SAPP Yong Yit Yoong.

Source: Bobohizan Press

MIRI: Hundreds of people from all walks of life gathered at Miri City Council’s (MCC) field here yesterday in support of the 52nd Sarawak Independence Day Rally organised by Sarawak for Sarawakians (S4S).

The participants could be seen carrying their respective banners, flags and placards as they walked from Marina Bay to the field.

In her opening speech, organising secretary Hanim Jaree said that the Sarawak Independence Day which falls on July 22 should be acknowledged by all as it is a very important part of history.

“Today is a special gathering for Mirians who may not be able to go to Kuching for the gathering on July 22,” she said.

Hanim also congratulated the organising team for making the event a success and the police for ensuring the event ran smoothly.

Among the activities held were a Zumba dance demonstration and live band performances to entertain the crowd.

Source: http://www.theborneopost.com/2015/07/20/hundreds-march-in-support-of-s4s-rally-in-miri/#ixzz3gP0YcZl0

KUCHING: Yang Dipertua Negeri Tun Abdul Taib Mahmud and Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Adenan Satem are scheduled to attend a special event to commemorate the history of the Sarawak Independence (Sarawak Merdeka) on July 22 at the State Assembly building here.

According to a statement from the State Information Department, the ceremony is expected to start at 10.30am upon the arrival of the two guests of honour and their spouses.

All male guests have been advised to wear white lounge suit or put on a white blazer or they may choose to wear their national or traditional attire while the ladies will have to wear the ‘baju kurung’.

The essence of the event will be a special rendition relating to the historic moment followed by a speech by Adenan, said the statement.

State cabinet ministers and federal ministers, state assemblymen, members of parliament, heads of government departments and other dignitaries are also expected to attend the event.

On July 22, 1963, the last governor of the British Government, Sir Alexander Waddell, left the Astana, his residence, and boarded a white sampan to cross the Sarawak River to hand over the Government of Sarawak to its own people.

The day that the Union Jack was lowered for the last time was also the day that the first state cabinet meeting, presided over by first Chief Minister Datuk Stephen Kalong Ningkan, was held.

Sarawak later joined Sabah, Malaya and Singapore, on Sept 16, 1963, to form Malaysia.

Source: http://www.theborneopost.com/2015/07/20/state-leaders-to-observe-sarawak-independence-day-on-july-22/#ixzz3gOtXGVhV

Menurut kenyataan Jabatan Penerangan hari ini, majlis itu akan dimulakan pada 10.30 pagi selepas ketibaan kedua-dua tetamu kehormat itu dan isteri mereka.

Semua tetamu lelaki dinasihatkan memakai sut atau jaket putih, pakaian kebangsaan atau tradisional masing-masing manakala tetamu wanita memakai baju kurung.

Acara itu akan menampilkan persembahan khas berkaitan detik bersejarah itu dan disusuli dengan ucapan Ketua Menteri, kata kenyataan itu.

Menteri-menteri Kabinet negeri dan Menteri-menteri Persekutuan, anggota-anggota Dewan Undangan Negeri, Anggota-anggota Parlimen, ketua-ketua jabatan kerajaan dan orang kenamaan juga akan menghadiri majlis itu.

Pada 22 Julai 1963, gabenor terakhir kerajaan British Sir Alexander Waddell meninggalkan Astana (kediamannya) dan menaiki sebuah sampan putih untuk menyeberangi Sungai Sarawak bagi menyerahkan kerajaan Sarawak kepada rakyatnya.

Hari bendera Union Jack diturunkan buat kali terakhir juga merupakan hari mesyuarat Kabinet negeri pertama, yang dipengerusikan Ketua Menteri pertama Datuk Stephen Kalong Ningkan, diadakan.

Sarawak kemudian menyertai Sabah, Malaya dan Singapura untuk membentuk Malaysia pada 16 September 1963. – Bernama, 19 Julai, 2015.

Source: http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/bahasa/article/pemimpin-negeri-sambut-hari-merdeka-sarawak-pada-22-julai#sthash.0NQ6p886.dpuf

According to a statement from the State Information Department, the ceremony is expected to start at 10.30am upon the arrival of the two guests of honour and their spouses.

All male guests have been advised to wear white lounge suit or put on a white blazer or they may choose to wear their national or traditional attire while the ladies will have to wear the "baju kurung".

The essence of the event will be a special rendition relating to the historic moment followed by a speech by Adenan, said the statement. 

State cabinet ministers and federal ministers, state assemblymen, members of parliament, heads of government departments and other dignitaries will also attend the event.

On July 22, 1963, the last governor of the British Government, Sir Alexander Waddell, left the Astana, his residence, and boarded a white sampan to cross the Sarawak River to hand over the Government of Sarawak to its own people. 

The day that the Union Jack was lowered for the last time was also the day that the first state cabinet meeting, presided over by first chief minister Datuk Stephen Kalong Ningkan, was held.

Sarawak later joined Sabah, Malaya and Singapore, on September 16, 1963, to form Malaysia. – Bernama, July 19, 2015.

Source: http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/taib-adenan-to-attend-sarawak-independence-day-event-on-july-22#sthash.6z9q5Tu3.uVWlsxYN.dpuf

To West Malaysia people, there's something you all need to know before say something about Sarawak Independence day, why we reject August 31, you need to know one thing...

Sarawak was granted self-government on 22 July 1963...

William Liam (right photo)

Forgotten in the past, appeared to be a pointed reminder to the national government in Putrajaya that elements in both Sabah and Sarawak are demanding a more assertive approach to the governance of their own affairs.

The British took over the role of protecting Sarawak in 1888, formally becoming a colony in July 1946. On 22nd July 1963 Britain granted Sarawak full independence, where it became a sovereign state in its own right.

Many, if not most Malaysians are unaware that Sarawak was indeed, if only for a short time, a fully independent state before it entered into the Malaysia Agreement to form the Federation of Malaysia along with Sabah, Malaya, and Singapore, which formally came into effect on 16th September 1963, the actual birth date of Malaysia. Sarawak’s status, like Sabah’s within the Federation was defined by the 18 Points Agreement, which gave Sarawak (20 points in Sabah) sole responsibility in governing many aspects of its territory.

There is a sentiment in many quarters within Sarawakian society that the state’s rich and diverse history has been lost in favor of the ‘national Merdeka’ narratives dominated by the stories of the independence movement within the Malay Peninsula. As a consequence, Liberation Day, as independence from Britain is called in Sarawak, has become a forgotten annal in Malaysia’s history.

Pemimpin malaya terutamanya najib mengeluarkan kata-kata pujangganya. Konon semua perkara boleh dibincangkan melalui kenyataannya baru-baru ini. Tetapi apabila Nasionalis Negara Sabah mengusulkan tentang Perjanjian Malaysia untuk dikaji semula, ditolak pula dengan alasan yang menggunakan kepala lutut mereka yang kononnya "Ia bukan perkara yang SEGERA walaupun penting".

Anda faham permainan dan ketidakikhlasan mereka? Adakah ini hasutan apabila pihak SSKM mencerahkan keadaan yang sebenar? Sila simpan keratan akhbar ini untuk simpanan masing-masing. Ini bukti bahawa kerajaan malaya yang telah menyamar menjadi malaysia tidak berniat sebenarnya untuk menyelamatkan malaysia.

Pihak SSKM juga ingin berkongsi satu artikel daripada sebuah Badan NGO yang dipimpin oleh Generasi Muda Negara Sabah dan kumpulan mereka dikenali sebagai United Varsity Students of Borneo (UVSB). Sila baca artikel tersebut dibawah untuk anda fahami keadaan yang sebenar.

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Pada tarikh 14 April 2014 bersamaan dengan hari Isnin, satu Perhimpunan Aman telah dilakukan oleh sekumpulan orang awam bagi menunjukkan sokongan mereka terhadap dua usul yang ingin dibentangkan oleh YB Datuk Dr.Jeffrey G. Kitingan.

Beberapa orang awam sudah berkumpul seawal jam 8.30 pagi di luar pagar DUN. Di sebabkan orang awam tidak berpakaian formal, mereka tidak dibenarkan masuk ke dalam dewan untuk menyaksikan persidangan pada hari tersebut. Keadaan di luar pagar DUN Sabah, lebih kurang jam 9.15 pagi, bilangan orang yang datang semakin bertambah, dalam anggaran lebih daripada 60 orang yang hadir. Yang hadir terdiri daripada golongan generasi muda dan veteran. 

Disebabkan hanya mereka yang berpakaian formal ketika itu dibenarkan masuk, saya dan beberapa rakan berkesempatan untuk turut serta dalam menyaksikan Persidangan di Dewan Undangan Negeri (NEGARA). Tepat pada jam 10.00 pagi, Persidangan telah bermula dengan bacaan doa dan seterusnya pembentangan yang disampaikan oleh Perdana Menteri Sabah, diikuti dengan Menteri yang lain dan seterusnya ADUN. ADUN dari Kelab Penyokong Kerajaan (Backbenchers) Negeri Melaka yang diketuai oleh Speaker DUN Melaka ketika itu telah datang berkunjung dan turut serta dalam dewan menyaksikan Persidangan tersebut.

Saya dan beberapa rakan yang lainnya datang hanya untuk menyaksikan dan menyokong dua usul yang ingin dibentangkan oleh YB.Datuk Dr.Jeffery G.Kitingan, iaitu usul mengenai “Mengkaji Semula Perjanjian Malaysia 1963 dan Hak Pemilikan Minyak dan Gas Negara Sabah” tapi malangnya pembentangan ditolak oleh Tuan Speaker atas alasan lambat dan tidak diterangkan atas peraturan apa yang digunakan untuk membentangkan usul tersebut.

Mendengar Tuan Speaker berkata demikian, terpancar kekecewaan di wajah-wajah beberapa rakan yang turut hadir dalam dewan ketika itu. Dalam hati pasti ada yang tertanya-tanya mengapa usul yang ingin dibentangkan tidak diterima. Kalau dikatakan ianya tidak penting, itu sesekali tidak masuk akal, sebab kenapa? Sebab usul yang ingin dibentangkan itu adalah soal kepentingan rakyat Negara Sabah dan juga untuk kepentingan generasi yang akan datang.

Walaubagaimanapun, Persidangan tetap diteruskan dengan membincangkan dan membentangkan usul yang dibawa oleh ADUN masing-masing. Dalam Persidangan tersebut, walaupun usul yang ingin dibentangkan oleh YB. Datuk Dr.Jeffery G.Kitingan tidak dapat dibentangkan, beliau tetap menyelitkan soal mengenai hak-hak dalam setiap sesi soal jawab sepanjang berada di dalam dewan tersebut.

Dan kira-kira jam 5.00 petang, Persidangan pada hari tersebut telah berakhir. Walaupun di dalam Dewan Undangan Negeri (NEGARA), motion ditolak atas alasan ataupun masalah teknikal tetapi, ketika berada diluar pagar Dewan Undanga Negeri (NEGARA), Pejuang berjaya menyerahkan memorendum berkaitan kepada kedua-dua Timbalan Speaker DUN iaitu Datuk Johnny Mositon dan Datuk Johnson Tee.

Tahniah kepada Pejuang-pejuang dan terima kasih kepada warga Sabahan yang sentiasa menyokong. Teruskan menyokong. Ini baru permulaan. Kepada generasi muda Sabahan, mari bangkit bersama menuntut Hak kita yang sudah dirampas oleh si penjajah. Jangan takut sebab kita tidak akan berjalan sendiri. “You’ll Never Walk Alone” Come together we fight for our right. Kalau bukan kita, siapa lagi? Kalau bukan sekarang bila lagi? BAH ! HARAPAN !

Tak kan mau yang ‘mumu-mumu’ lagi kita dapat kan?. Belum terlambat kalau kau, saya dan kita bersatu. Come Sabahan!!

Source: http://sabah-report.blogspot.com/2014/04/rakyat-sabah-kecewa-umnobn-tolak-usul.html

For a long time, condemning Putrajaya over the alleged failure to honour the agreement used to be the domain of the opposition but now it appears to be no longer the case.

The Malaysia Agreement brought Sabah, then known as North Borneo, and the independent states of Sarawak and Singapore with the Federated Malay state of Malaya to form a new union, the Federation of Malaysia on September 16, 1963.

A list of 20 points were to safeguard the interests, rights and autonomy of the people of North Borneo upon the formation. Sarawak, too, has a similar proposal, known as 18-point agreement, with certain differences in content.

A former Barisan Nasional (BN) assemblyman Datuk James Ligunjang said the frustration and anger cut across the board, even politics, pointing out the case of the four young men charged in a Kota Kinabalu court last Monday with sedition.

The four were alleged to have in their possession materials calling for Sabah and Sarawak's secession from Malaysia.

He said that while Putrajaya could turn a deaf ear to charges by opposition politicians like Datuk Dr Jeffery Kitingan, the chairman of Star, the warnings by BN politicians like Kalabakan MP Datuk Seri Abdul Ghapur Salleh on Putrajaya's treatment of Sabah must be particularly worrying for the ruling coalition.

“It showed that Sabahans all share the view that the Malaysia Agreement had not been honoured and Sabah had been unfairly treated by Putrajaya,” Ligunjang said.

Ghapur on March 16 had warned Putrajaya in Parliament to take care of Sabahans and that if they don't, “we (BN) will lose”.

Before Ghapur's outburst, none of the Sabah BN leaders dared voiced out their resentment publicly on the issue.

Former Sabah chief minister Datuk Seri Yong Teck Lee on Thursday claimed Putrajaya had for years avoided taking a look at the Malaysia Agreement as they sought to dominate Sabah.

Giving some insight into Putrajaya's reaction and attitude whenever Sabah's rights and demands were raised with former prime minister Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Yong said Abdullah and Umno ministers would often try to sidestep the issue in what he called as “the inconvenient truth”.

“These are the sticky points we have often bugged them and which they would rather sweep under the carpet,” said Yong, who has since left BN to form his own opposition party, Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP).

The “sticky points” which had made Sabahans most unhappy include the influx of illegal immigrants, which had change the state's racial demography; “legalising” these illegals, particularly Muslim Filipinos, Indians, Pakistanis and Indonesian, by issuing them identification cards under the so-called Project IC; the security threat and work competition these “new Malaysians” posed and the demand for an increase in the oil and gas royalty.

Former Petagas assemblyman Ligunjang added Sabahans' anger at the continued plunder of the state's natural resources, particularly oil and gas, and the status of their state being downgraded from an independent nation and an equal partner in the federation to a mere state like Selangor or Johor, to the list.

“The frustration is a culmination of so many things,” he said, adding that one of the examples was the presence of Umno in Sabah.

“Umno's presence in Sabah violates the Malaysia Agreement as Malaya should not be interfering in the politics of Sabah and even Sarawak.

“They cannot be here as they do not comply with the spirit of the Malaysia Agreement.

“Also, what happened to the agreement to return 40% of the income generated by Sabah back to the state?

“Sabah and Sarawak are endowed with rich natural resources and today, after 52 years of plundering, we have both been reduced to beggars, begging to Putrajaya for handouts,” Ligunjang said.

Ligunjang, like Yong, too, has quit BN, disillusioned by what he said “Putrajaya's continued attempt to dominate Sabah”.

Wearing a white T-shirt with the words “Hormati Perjanjian Malaysia” (honour the Malaysia Agreement) emblazoned across his chest, Ligunjang describes himself now as “a full-time social activist” giving awareness talks on the Malaysia Agreement and soliciting support to press Putrajaya to honour it.

He said if Putrajaya continued to ignore the agreement and disregard calls by Sabahans, then “what options do we Sabahans have” as he spoke of seeking the British government and the United Nations' help in getting Putrajaya to sit down with the signatories of the agreement “to see if the spirit of the agreement had been achieved”.

“If we don't stand up to them now, our situation will worsen.” – March 22, 2015.

Source: http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/frustration-over-malaysia-agreement-coming-to-a-boil-in-sabah#sthash.O9pXLPDY.sD2kgVba.dpuf

JULAU: The Sarawak For Sarawakians (S4S) team is touring the state to share the movement’s ideology and sell S4S merchandise.

S4S volunteers Beng Kor and Ting Ching Ing have been covering towns and settlements along the Rajang River. On their list are Sibu, Kanowit, Majan, Bintagor, Sarikei, Daro, Mukah, Selangau and Kapit.

“We are doing this for two purposes. One is to create awareness of Sarawak’s history and the referendum rights of Sarawakians,” Kor told the BAT Team here yesterday.

“The other purpose is to sell S4S souvenirs to help pay for travelling expenses incurred. And until now, business has been okay and we have been making enough to continue our journey.” According to him ‘Sarawak For Sarawakians’ is not a new slogan.

“Most Sarawakians resented joining Malaya to form the Federation of Malaysia. The Cobbold Commission, which surveyed only 2,000 people, did not represent what most people wanted,” he claimed.  He said Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Adenan Satem is also moving towards greater autonomy by bringing up issues such as the oil royalty.

“He (Adenan) is doing this because he is responding to the voices of the Sarawak people. So are we,” said Kor.

Source: http://www.theborneopost.com/2015/06/28/sarawak-for-sarawakians-team-touring-state/#ixzz3eRnFiTzW

Selama 51 tahun, kita diberitahu bahawa Malaysia merdeka pada 31hb Ogos 1957. Itu adalah fakta yang menyeleweng sebab Perjanjian Malaysia yang melibatkan Kerajaan Malaya, UK, Singapura, Sabah dan Sarawak hanya ditandatangani pada 9hb Julai 1963.

Pemashyuran Malaysia sebagai sebuah Persekutuan baru pula telah dibuat dengan rasmi pada 16hb Sept. 1963. Malaysia adalah gabungan 4 wilayah, yang dibentuk bersama secara rakan kongsi sama rata, dan semua wilayah itu pula mengekalkan kemerdekaan masing-masing.

Malaysia bukanlah sebuah negara yang dimerdekakan, tapi sebuah Persekutuan yang dibentuk bersama melalui suatu perjanjian.

Cadangan membentuk Malaysia adalah datangnya dari British dan Malaya. British sebagai penjajah 4 wilayah itu mahu terus mengekalkan kepentingannya di bekas jajahannya. British tidak mahu Singapura jatuh ke tangan komunis, lalu mencadangkan supaya digabungkan dengan Negara Malaya. Bagi Malaya pula, mereka enggan menerima Singapura kerana majoriti penduduknya adalah Cina. Malaya bimbang, kaum Cina akan menguasai Malaya jika hanya Malaya dan Singapura yang bergabung. Berdasarkan ini, Malaya dan British nampak bahawa penyertaan Sabah, Sarawak dan Brunei akan menyelamatkan kaum Melayu di Malaya.

Cadangan pembentukan Malaysia tidak diterima baik di Sabah, Sarawak dan Brunei. Di Sarawak, cadangan ini dibantah oleh banyak tunjuk perasaan secara besar-besaran. Di Brunei, berlaku pemberontakan oleh A.M. Azahari, dan walau pun ia gagal, Brunei kemudiannya tidak jadi untuk menyertai penggabungan. Di Sabah pula, majoriti pemimpin tidak bersetuju. Datuk G.S Sundang umpamanya menentang habis-habisan idea itu. Hasil kaji selidik Suruhanjaya Cobbold juga mendapati, hanya sepertiga rakyat Sabah yang setuju bergabung. Sepertiga yang lain, setuju secara bersyarat dan sepertiga lagi sama sekali tidak bersetuju.

Walau pun berlakunya tentangan, hasil pujuk rayu Malaya, dan hasil persetujuan Malaya ke atas syarat-syarat yang dikemukakan Sabah dan Sarawak, maka terjadi juga penggabungan. Tunku Abd Rahman, dalam proses memujuk, menjanjikan untuk tidak menjajah Sabah, Sabah memerintah sendiri dan penyertaan Sabah kelak adalah rakan kongsi sama taraf dan sama rata dengan Malaya dalam Malaysia. Dengan jaminan itu, pemimpin Sabah seperti Tun Mustapha dan Tun Fuad termakan pujuk. Tun Fuad misalnya, pada mulanya tidak bersetuju menyertai pembentukan Malaysia sebab bimbang, jawatan-jawatan di Sabah diambil orang Malaya dan Sabah akan dijajah Malaya.

Parti-parti politik di Sabah kemudian mengemukakan syarat-syarat untuk menyertai pembentukan Persekutuan Malaysia. Syarat-syarat itulah yang kini dikenali sebagai Perkara 20. Tanpa persetujuan dan penerimaan Perkara 20, maka Sabah akan memerintah sendiri seperti Brunei pada masa kini. P20 kemudian dibahaskan dalam Jawatankuasa Antara Kerajaan ( IGC ). Selepas diluluskan dengan beberapa ubahsuai dan syor tambahan, maka Perjanjian Malaysia pun ditandatangani sebagai tanda lahirnya sebuah Persekutuan yang baru.

Filipina membantah keras pembentukan Malaysia dan mendakwa Sabah sebagai wilayah mereka dan bukannya wilayah Malaya. Menurut Presiden Macapagal, selagi Sabah berada dalam Malaysia, Filipina akan terus menuntut Sabah. Sebaliknya jika rakyat Sabah memilih untuk memerintah sendiri, maka Filipina akan menggugurkan tuntutan mereka ke atas Sabah, sebab itu adalah pilihan penduduk Sabah. Indonesia pula melancarkan kempen 'Ganyang Malaysia' dan menghantar tentera ke sempadan Sabah hingga berlakunya konflik bersenjata dengan pasukan Malaysia dan Australia.

Dengan begitu banyak peristiwa dan liku-liku dalam proses ke arah lahirnya Malaysia, mari bersama sayangi Malaysia. Sayangi Malaysia bermaksud, Malaysia yang ada mesti adalah Malaysia yang adil, yang kita impikan dan harapkan. Semua janji-janji, jaminan, syor dan terutama Perkara 20 hendaklah dilaksana supaya semua orang Sabah merasa bertuah berada dalam Malaysia. Jika janji, jaminan dan syor itu tidak dilaksana, anak-anak muda Sabah akan terus tidak puas hati, dan akhirnya akan menguburkan Malaysia. Sabah akan lahir sebagai sebuah negara yang berdaulat dan merdeka, bebas dari campur tangan Malaya.

Source: http://ssprakyat.blogspot.com/2015/01/sejarah-pembentukan-malaysia.html

A hectic evening with SSKM 18/20 Points Spot Awareness Programme started at Mukah Old Township located at The New Lane Restaurant and later at The Setia Raja Food Court area followed by The Setia Raja Commercial Area. It was a fun spot discussion to gauge the peoples' knowledge about the GENUINE HISTORY of Sarawak and Sabah and The Formation of Malaysia and the Sarawak/Sabah CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS within Federation of Malaysia altogether. This is simply a gathering of people ranging from university students, professionals, social activist and others with the essence of 18/20 Points. A lite but energetic discussion as well as interactive Q & A about Sarawak/Sabah National Identity has bring us a lot of information to push us as Sarawakian and Sabahan citizens forward for the sake of the NEW SARAWAK and SABAH.

The THREE DAYS SPOT AWARENESS EXERCISE proves that the genuine information has reach certain level i.e. Masjids, Churches and Temples all around Dalat, Mukah, Sibu and Daro and other. While another location like various kampongs, recreational parks and even pubs and cafes were not left behind and yes, the awareness is SPROUTING.

This is still a small part of it and still a very long journey ahead. Thanks to SSKM (Sabah Sarawak Keluar Malaysia) Group for KICKSTARTING the LONG TERM Public Awareness Initiatives since 2011, from Kuching to Kota Kinabalu, from Kuala Lumpur to Singapore, From London to New York we will together move forward for the better future of our Nations, Negara Sabah and Negara Sarawak.

Speech by SSKM Administrator, Abdul Halim and assisted by Mr. Sim Totti and materials (the Flag) by Mr. Beng Kor of Sarawak Sovereignty Movement and car sticker by Sarawak Sovereignty Movement. Thanks to all who make this to happen and see you next in another cities for SSKM 18/20 Points Spot Awareness Programme!

The Petition Signing ended our program before we disperse.

(Pictures from the courtesy of Sim Totti & Mohamad Dzulkarnainx)

~Let Us Together Rebuild Our Nations~

DUM SPIRO SPERO | PERGO ET PERAGO

Source: http://www.sabahsarawakmerdeka.com/2013/11/sskm-1820-points-spot-awareness.html

An independent online poll has shown that Sarawakians are not supportive of Pakatan Rakyat’s objections to an independent Sarawak.

A recent independent online survey showed that 95% of those polled voted for Sarawak to move out of the Federation of Malaysia.

The 10-day poll commencing Feb 14 to Feb 24 was organised by Facebook page Hornbill Talks and attracted the participation of 2,107 voters.

The poll sought to get public opinions on whether they supported calls for Sarawak to secede through referendum or remain in the federation of Malaysia.

An overwhelming number voted for an independent Sarawak.

Participants were asked one simple question and asked to tick their answers. The question and answer options were:  “If a referendum were to be carried out in Sarawak within the next six months, you will choose – i) Remaining in Malaysia, ii) Independence or iii) Undecided”.

The poll was done in  English, Malay, Iban and Mandarin, the four common languages spoken in Sarawak.

In the Hornbill Talks Facebook page, it was stated that only three percent or 54 of the 2,107 participants voted for “Remaining in Malaysia”, while 95% percent voted for “Independence”, and two percent or 47 were “undecided”

Hornbill Talks also stated that among the participants “approximately 90 percent of them live in Malaysia. The rest of them live in other countries such as the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Brunei, and so on.

“In Malaysia, approximately 1,400 votes came from Malaya, 960 votes came from Sarawak and 30 votes from Sabah. In Malaya, approximately 980 votes came from Kuala Lumpur and Selangor.

“The rest, which accounts for 30 percent of the votes, roughly 420 participants live in other major cities such as Penang, Johor Bharu and Ipoh,” noted Hornbill Talks in its FB post dated Mar 11.

It also claimed that based on the poll results and the statistics gathered, the majority of the participants supported the idea of independence if given a choice for a referendum.

“More participants came from Malaya than Sarawak, possibly because of the poor infrastructure in Sarawak, and therefore many (in Sarawak) had no access to the Internet.

“Another reason could be that most of the intellectuals and those being tech-savvy from Sarawak have moved to Malaya to work or further their studies.

“Most of the Sarawakians living in Malaya who voted stay around Kuala Lumpur area and the Klang Valley.

“The rest are living in major cities such as Johor Baru, Penang, Ipoh and Kuantan. This also gives a strong support to the reason above,” Hornbills Talks noted.

However, there was no clear percentage of the total number of Sarawakians or non-Sarawakians who took part in the polls.

The polls were totally open to the public on Facebook although the organizers insisted that “it was well promoted in numerous Sarawak Facebook groups”.

“In Sarawak, one very interesting phenomenon can be observed. Majority of the participants, surprisingly, came from the central district of Sarawak, which includes Sibu, Mukah and Bintulu.  Approximately 600 of the votes came from these areas in the central region (of Sarawak).

“Other than that, the southern district of Sarawak came second, with roughly 300 of the participants living in this area, majority of them in Kuching.

“The rest, which accounts for less than 100 votes, came from the northern region, which includes Miri and Limbang,” said the post.

No support for Pakatan’s view

Main force behind the poll,  FB user Beng Kor  told FMTBorneoplus about the unanticipated large number of pro-independence voters from central Sarawak.

“This is in contrast to what we expected. As we know, the central region is a strong DAP and Pakatan Rakyat stronghold in Sarawak.

“Now we know Pakatan Rakyat and their supporters are generally against the idea of Sarawak independence,” Beng Kor opined, in reference of PKR Sarawak chairman Baru Bian’s recent warning that talks about Sarawak’s secession from Malaysia as ‘treason’.

Several key Pakatan Rakyat members and supporters recently had openly voiced their dissatisfaction about the rising sense of nationalism within Sarawak.

A pro-Pakatan Facebook group, “Sarawak Autonomy Movement” was also launched to counter the increasingly popular and well-received nationalist group of Sarawak Sovereignth Movement (SSM).

Source: https://hornbillunleashed.wordpress.com/2014/03/15/58177/