The true 'National Day is Sept 16, according to Sabah opposition STAR as that was when Sabah, Sarawak and Malaya committed themselves to a 'common identity.
RANAU: The federal government should stop duping Sabah and Sarawak into celebrating Merdeka Day when the 55th anniversary had “no relevance” to the two states, STAR Sabah chairman Jeffrey Kitingan said.
“How can these leaders continue to twist history to suit their political interests without considering our feelings and the truth?
“How could they [federal government] insist we must celebrate Malayan independence which has no relevance to Sabah and Sarawak?” asked Kitingan when launching STAR’s Kundasang zone in Pinampadan near here.
He said what was important and relevant to Sabah and Sarawak is their own independence – July 22, 1963 for Sarawak and Aug 31, 1963 for Sabah – and that of Malaysia Day or the formation of Malaysia on Sept 16, 1963.
“This date – Sept 16, 1963 – is the true ‘National Day’ that gives all three territories of Malaya, Sabah and Sarawak, a common identity as Malaysians”, said Jeffrey.
He said that by continuing to impose Malaya’s version of history on Sabahans and Sarawakians, “the government is alienating the two territories”.
“By insisting that Malaysia is 55 years old now and not 49, the federal government is sending the wrong message to the people.
“Firstly, what the government is doing is teaching the people how to lie and manipulate the facts of history.
“Secondly, the Peninsula-controlled federal government is now telling Sabahans and Sarawakians [intentionally or not] that Malaysia was nothing more than a ‘takeover’ project for Malaya and that Sabah and Sarawak are now Malayan states/territories so they [Sabah and Sarawak] must now adopt Malayan historical independence,” he said.
Jeffrey, who is expected to take on his elder brother Joseph Pairin, the president of Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS), a Barisan Nasional member, for the Keningau parliamentary seat in the coming general election, also described the BN’s Janji diTepati (Promise Fulfilled) as an empty slogan.
“If this was indeed Malaya’s real intention, then those promises, assurances, undertakings and persuasions by Tunku Abdul Rahman and other Malayan leaders were all lies or Janji Terang Bulan.”
“And if they were mere Janji Terang Bulan, then the slogan Janji diTepati is an empty and hollow slogan as far as Sabah and Sarawak are concerned.
“If we Sabah and Sarawak have been cheated, we have to stop all this nonsense and start putting things right,” added Jeffrey.
By Michael Kaung
“How can these leaders continue to twist history to suit their political interests without considering our feelings and the truth?
ReplyDelete“How could they [federal government] insist we must celebrate Malayan independence which has no relevance to Sabah and Sarawak?” asked Kitingan when launching STAR’s Kundasang
(pemimpin kerajaan persekutuan mana mau peduli tu orang Dusun oooo... itu pun kamu tidak faham kah?..........)
WISHING ALL SABAHANS A MEMORABLE INDEPENDENCE DAY ON 31 AUGUST (NOT THE OTHER MERDEKA DAY!)
DeleteIf there is anything to commemorate it is the short 16 bitter sweet days of real freedom.
Sabah since 1761 (when Dalrymple got it as trading post from the Brunei Sultanate) has basically been traded like a piece of real estate by Brunei, the Dutch, Spanish, USA, Austrians, Britain and then Malaya. (The latest trade off were the 2 blocks of offshore oilfields for Brunei dropping its claim on Limbang).
If we were to take 1865 (leased by the USA) as the starting point of the foreign colonization of North Borneo/Sabah, the poor country is still a colony after nearly 150 years!
24 years prior to 1865, in 1841 Sarawak came into being and existed as an independent state till 1941. It was recognised as a soverign state by the USA in 1859 and Britain in 1863. It has also remained a colony since the Japanese invasion in 1941, colonization together with Sabah by Britain in 1945 and then by Malaya in 1963 to 2012. 70 years.
Sabah and Sarawak are siblings of Brunei and shared the same fate of being kidnapped (annexed) and taken over by Malaya in 1963.
To remind all of us of our real colonial status the rulers of Malaya (and many of its people) insists that we in Sabah and Sarawak celebrate their national day! So under the British we celebrated the Queen's birthday and now under Malaya we celebrate "Merdeka Day".
Nothing changed just the skin colour of the colonial master! Worse still, they looted the 2 colonies more intensively than the British were able to as they had only some 18 years of colonising Sabah and Sarawak. They ended up subsidising Malaya's economic development as Malaya did subsidised Britain's economy as one of its richest colonies before 1957.
"...the Malayan controlled Federal Government is now telling Sabahans and Sarawakians (intentionally or not) that Malaysia was nothing more than a “takeover” project for Malaya and that Sabah and Sarawak are now Malayan states/territories so they (Sabah and Sarawak) must now adopt Malayan historical independence" (Jeffery Kitingan)
The word "takeover" must hit many of us like a sledgehammer . Did they actually use this word? What arrogance! Yes but for once they are telling the truth.
Let us commemorate "Malayan Takover Day or Malayanization Day" 16 September!
Fly the Malayan colonial flag at half mast and upside down as a mark our distress and loss of our independence!
Sabah dan Sarawak juga sebahagian daripada Malaysia, tak salah kita menyambut hari Kemerdekaan bersama pada 31 Ogos. Yang penting Sabah dan Sarawak akan meraikan kemerdekaan kita sendiri pada 16 September. Ada extra 1 hari cuti umum, siapa tak suka?
DeleteFly the Malayan colonial flag at half mast and upside down as a mark our distress and loss of our independence!
DeleteCareful, it might be seen as treason.
We are 1Malaysia. lets celebrate 31 August as Hari Kemerdekaan.
DeleteHari yang bermakna ini harus disambut dengan hati yang terbuka, isu yang merosakkan keharmonian dan perpaduan harus diketepikannya.
DeleteWow! I've learnt two things after reading the above article. Pinampadan, a zone in Kundasang , first. I didn't know Sabah had the so-called place. It triggered some kind of a mean punishment in my mind. If the place had any history connected to what gory thoughts I might have ??? then recommend a second round for all culprits. After RCi findings, that is. Next is Janji Terang Bulan. I like that. Dandi binabang vuhan tatalang? Excuse. Nohiihiivan dii. Aiso popotunud. Monongkiboos soosondii.
ReplyDeleteMandad abal tavasi.
Tobpinai, Dandi binabang vuhan tatalang toi ko @ Dandi do vuhan tagazo... angaam kangku daa. Izou nga apagau do moboos tu aiso do ponongkibaasan boh. Kivaa nogi sinuat ku doid boos dotokou nga koosi zou do aiso kalati.
DeleteAanangan zou di sinuatan di Gun.Daniel John Jambun om ih Gun Raymong Tombung(Not a sweet dream but a nightmare)id sinuatan dau di baino tu' koukab do ginavo om pomuandaman do sontob tuhun tokou id Sabah.
Bring it on. Songian po vagu oihaan do kiboos tokou tavasi. Pobuzuuon nopo. Kointahang nodii. Kivaa tomoimo aanangan mongiho.
DeleteSELAMAT MENYAMBUT HARI KEMERDEKAAN UNTUK SABAH DAN MALAYSIA. SAMA TARIKH LAHIR KEMERDEKAAN.
DeleteAs far as I concerned, the greatest thing that ever happened is to cherish the moment that we no longer craving for.
Deleteorg2 sabah mesti mau sadar ini.tidak guna balajar tinggi2 sampai atas atap tapi masih tidak tahu sejarah sabah.mana sudah itu kdca punya peranan.asyik2 anjur itu unduk ngadau saja.bah, itu memang penting tapi penting lagi sesuatu aktiviti yang berterusan seperti memberitahu kepada rakyat sabah tentah hak dan sejarah sabah dan bagaimana ini PTI berlambak di sabah dengan IC Ori.Inilah kalau pengerusi KDCApun ikut pulitik.Mana penting pulitik atau "maruah"bangsa Kadazan Dusun Murut dan semua orang asal di Sabah.
ReplyDeletesetuju tu. Sesiapa tolong mulakan. Bagi tau yang betul. Masalah sebenarnya adalah 'people tend to take things for granted'.Bila kehilangan baru gelabah. Risaulah ni
DeleteHarap sejarah Sabah dan Sarawak yang sebenarnya akan diumumkan kepada semua rakyat supaya kita tidak menjadi keliru bila ada kenyataan macam ini keluar mencabar sejarah yang kita belajar di Sekolah.
DeleteMarilah kita buat sesuatu......... jangan lagi kita tunggu pemimpin kita yang korup "yes men" kpd penghianat Malaya. marilah N.G.O.-N.G.O. semua yang tiada kaitan dengan pulitik dan semua pemimpin etnik yang disayangi, marilah kita turun padang berjumpa dengan rakyat sekalian supaya mereka tahu sebanyak mungkin tentang kebenaran sejarah Sabah keseluruhannya. Kita akan mulakan dengan seminar kesedaran kemudian melalui kaedah sebaran am media cetak dan media elektronik/internet dan yang paling berkesan berhadapan muka ke muka dengan rakyat supaya mereka lebih faham kedudukan fakta sejarah Sabah. Kitalah sendiri yang menjadi Jabatan Penerangan kepada penduduk kita kerana kita tak yakin lagi dengan jab. penerangan/ RTM kerajaan ini dengan fakta-fakta yang telah diputarbelitkan.
Deletesekian di maklum kan.
sila balas komen.
(Anak Petanah Borneo)
Apa pun kita tahu apa yang terjadi ke atas Sabah.
Deletekalau generasi sekarang pun terpesong dari sejarah sebenar, apa lagi generasi akan datang.
DeleteI'm not sure who is twisting the Malaysia history actually?
ReplyDeleteBeginilah rupanya orang kita yang tidak yakin. bagus ko pi ikut seminar mengenai asas sejarah sabah dan sarawak. tolong fokus.... fahaaaaam....!!!
DeleteSelamat menyambut hari kemerdekaan Negara kita yang ke 55 tahun.
DeleteMALAYSIA tidak pernah merdeka. Mengapa? Pernahkah Malaysia dijajah? TIDAK! Apa yang perlu disambut ialah Hari Malaysia (Malaysia Day) pada 16 September setiap tahun.
DeleteBukankah dengan mengatakan Malaysia Merdeka, ia membawa erti seolah-olah Malaysia pernah dijajah oleh kuasa asing? Kalau betul Malaysia dijajah, siapakah yang menjajah Malaysia?
Setahu saya, hanya North Borneo (Sabah), Sarawak, Singapore dan Malaya sahaja yang dijajah oleh kuasa asing iaitu British. Pada 31 Ogos 1957 adalah hari kemerdekaan Malaya yang bebas daripada kuasa asing manakala Sabah merdeka pada 31 Ogos 1963.
Maka, jangan keliru akan perkara ini yang telah diputar belitkan oleh kerajaan Malaya kerana 'Malaysia' adalah nama yang dipersetujui oleh empat buah negara yang ingin membentuk negara bersekutu.
Walaupun sebelum itu, Malaya ingin mengunakan nama Melayu Raya dalam persekutuan ini (konsep yang dicuri daripada Indonesia yang berkeinginan untuk mewujudkan negara Indonesia Raya) tetapi tidak diterima oleh 3 buah negara kerana ia lebih mengambarkan Kemelayuan.
Maka, sedarlah akan hal ini. Kibarkan bendera Sabah dan bukan bendera Jalur Gemilang kerana jikalau anda sedari, itu adalah bendera penjajah!
Oleh itu, saya menyeru anda sekalian yang menggelarkan diri mereka 'Anak Sabah', 'Bangsa Sabah', 'Bangsa yang Merdeka dan Berdaulat' dan 'Bangsa yang Berani' untuk bersama-sama kibarkan bendera Sabah sebanyak yang mungkin di halaman rumah, kampung atau sekitar tempat tinggal anda untuk menghidupkan semangat Kemerdekaan yang telah diberikan kepada kita oleh pihak British pada 31 Ogos 1963.
Tarikh inilah yang mesti kita pertahankan walau apa cara sekalipun. Jangan cuba menafikan kenyataan ini kerana ini adalah fakta! Maka, mari kita bersama-sama menyambut hari Kemerdekaan kita. Kemerdekaan Negara Sabah (North Borneo) kerana kita sekali Merdeka, selamanya MERDEKA!
Salam Hormat,
TRULY SABAHAN
Cuti esok untuk menyambut hari merdekaan
DeleteHarap Kerajaan Pusat tidak akan membatalkan cuti 31 Ogos selepas ini kerana Star dan SAPP.
ReplyDeleteini satu lagi tai pemalas... ingat cuti-cuti malaysia saja... jangan jadi palui bah. Star dan Sapp nanti bagi ko cuti pencen sampai ko tua bah.....
Deletebukalah fikiran seluas-luasnya.... cubalah ko tinguk sekeliling, ada apa? siapa diurang...? ko terima PATI dalam hidup ko... bagus ko ikut sama-sama.........
hari cuti pun saya kerja bah.......
orang ladang.
365days/yr.
I like your attitude Anon 11:42 AM. Tolong khidmatkan ketelusan fikiran-pandangan anda bila masa kempen nanti. Biar beramai-ramai dengar. Biar semangat itu terlekat kepada ramai lagi. Terasa ni
DeleteIni bukan soal cuti ka xcuti, tapi sejarah sebenar yang patut diketahui oleh seluruh rakyat.
DeleteWho say it is not relevant? Sabah is independent as well.
ReplyDeleteBut we still not free from influx of illegal immigrant.
DeleteKemerdekaan adalah hak milik semua.
ReplyDeleteWe are independent by ourselves.
ReplyDeleteKita sama-sama menyambut hari kemerdekaan, apa salahnya. Kita rakyat M'sia, sambut pelbagai cuti umum.
ReplyDeletesambutlah merdeka penuh semangat.
ReplyDeleteCukup-cukuplah dengan isu ni. Penat tau.. huhu
ReplyDeleteKenapalah kemerdekaan pun boleh jadi isu. Kita dah merdeka so itu yang paling penting.
ReplyDeleteJangan putar belitkan fakta supaya rakyat tidak keliru.
ReplyDeleteCukuplah mebahaskan perkara ini. Kita sudah merdeka dan kita smabut sjalah kemerdekaan itu dengan hati yang merdeka juga.
ReplyDeleteApa sebenarnya niat pembangkan memperbesarkan hal ini?
ReplyDeletebukan hari malaysia 16 september pun kena sambut ka? jangan la kasi campur aduk hari Malaysia dengan hari merdeka..
ReplyDeleteKenapa tidak relevant? Sabah & Sarawak juga sebahagian dari Pembentukan Malaysia. Harus disambut sekali.
ReplyDeleteAda pihak nak merosakkan keharmonian negara.
ReplyDeleteHari Kemerdekaan harus disambut dengan ceria dan gembira. Tidak harus diganggu mana-mana unsur yang negatif.
ReplyDeleteSejarah Kemerdekaan adalah hakikat, apa yang harus dipertikaikan lagi?
ReplyDeleteIsu yang sama akan diungkit setiap tahun semasa Hari Kemerdekaan.
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