YOURSAY 'To BN, as we have seen from the callous disregard to the peace deal signed with the CPM, agreements are made to be broken.'

Ku Li seeks 40-year delayed review on Sabah, Sarawak

your say Odin: Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah, you are correct in saying that the Petroleum Development Act (PDA) took priority. It did because Umno wanted to get its filthy hands on Sabah's and Sarawak's black gold soonest possible.

But you were incorrect in saying that the review was forgotten. It was not forgotten. It was intentionally ignored. The Agreements safeguard the autonomy of the two states but it was Umno's intention all along to colonise them.

The Agreements were signed by Tunku Abdul Rahman only to fool the two states to agree to form Malaysia. As I have commented several times before, it was an act of deception - the two states were deceived into agreeing to form the confederation.

In order to maintain its stranglehold on the two states, Umno saw to it, by whatever means, that Muslims would be the CMs of the two states. Those Muslim CMs would be compliant with the designs of Umno on the two states.

That accounts for the quick ouster of Stephen Kalong Ningkan (Sarawak) and the suspicious air crash in which Donald Stephens (Sabah) perished.

The CMs were, and are, allowed to plunder the natural resources of the two states, while Umno keep on taking the bulk of the petroleum revenues as well as all the taxes collected by the federal departments.

That is the reason no action has and will be taken against the plunderers, past and present.

Ferdtan: We want to know, since when our former inspector-general of police Mohammed Hanif Omar is an expert in constitution law?

We know that he took up law late in his life when he was with the police. We can accept if he commended on criminal laws as he was the head of the police force.

As you interpreted (more of misinterpretation), the federal constitution stated that Sabah and Sarawak as states in the federation - just like the others such as Perlis or Perak - then why there were the 20-point agreement for Sabah and 18-agreement for Sarawak?

Doesn't it mean that they were special, more of like partners, than of subordinate states like Perlis and Perak?

Sabah and Sarawak were really being ‘cheated' of their rights and benefits that were accorded to them under the Cobbold Commission.

To the BN government, as we have seen from the callous disregard to the peace deal signed between them and the Communist Party of Malaya (CPM) under Chin Peng, agreements are made to be broken.

ACR: Hanif Omar, for reasons best known to him, skirts the more pertinent points in the 18-and 20-point agreements, key amongst them Islam is not the official religion of those states and that immigration matters are absolute jurisdiction of the two states.

As a result, Umno could not flood the Borneo states with Muslim bumiputeras and they resorted to bringing in illegals from Indonesia and Philippines.

JustAMalaysian: With due respect to Hanif, I disagree with his argument in equating Malaysia with the United States. For example, when Arizona and Alaska joined the US in February 1952 and January 1959 respectively, the US remained the US as a country and no new country was born.

However, when Singapore, Sarawak and Sabah combined with Malaya to form Malaysia, a new country by the name of Malaysia was born.

Sabahans and Sarawakians just do not feel the joy when Malaysia celebrates Aug 31 in a very grand way every year but they justly feel 'mistreated' as Malaysia had been ignoring Sept 16.

This year's Sept 16 was different. The review as suggested by Ku Li is timely (though long overdue). The powers-that-be should not continue the unfair treatment Sabah and Sarawak have been receiving all these years.

I just hope what happened to Pakistan in 1971 (when East Pakistan declared independence and became Bangladesh) will not happen here in Malaysia.

MfM: Sabah and Sarawak are conveniently forgetting they would most likely be states of the Philippines and Indonesia if not for the Malaysia agreement. They forget that many of the things they enjoy today are due in a large part to being part of Malaysia.

They don't even understand how the PDA has helped them over so many years. The fact that they can afford to have the same luxuries as those from the Peninsular Malaysia today shows that the benefits of being part of Malaysia.

It's the arrogance and greed of the few 'educated' Sarawakians and Sabahans that makes them think they deserve more just because they are physically larger than Peninsular Malaysia.

Why don't you compare yourselves with Singapore then? They are far smaller but have outdone Malaysia in many ways due to prudence and proper governance. Sabah and Sarawak are the ones handing themselves over to BN to be raped, so you reap what you sow.

Fairplayer: MfM is talking rot! Enjoying "the same luxuries as those from the Peninsular Malaysia" while being the poorest states?

It's high time all MPs from Sabah and Sarawak wake up from their slumber, and rise to the occasion, and fight for the oil royalties rightly due to us, backdating it to 40 years ago.

And the state governments must not abuse the money; they are to be responsible stewards of the state treasury, for the welfare of true Sabahans and Sarawakians, especially to help the poverty-stricken families and communities.

Tell The Truth: The 55 MPs representing Sarawak and Sabah ought to ask their conscience if it is morally correct to allow Umno Baru to do this to their people.

It is time they rise up and band together with Pakatan Rakyat because the latter is willing to fulfil the 20/18-point agreements.

James1067: Fifty years have passed and nothing has happened. It is easy to make statements and you can be assured that another 50 years will past with no action.

There is to much at stake for the politicians. They are not interested in rocking the boat. Do it if you or the Sabah MPS means business.

Otherwise it looks like another Hatyai promise that was not honoured.

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