~~~~ His further move to extend the law to criminalise support for East Malaysian autonomy and independence also threatens the very legitimacy of the Malaysian federal arrangement. After all, this was a deal done in 1963 between the British colonial masters and Malaya, without any genuine consultation of the Borneo states. Negotiations took place in London without a single native representative of Borneo present. The outcome was then described as independence, leaving Sabah and Sarawak to the greedy exploitation of the past 50 years. One of the handful in Sabah who has grown better off in the past 50 years - Anifah Aman One of the handful in Sabah who has grown better off in the past 50 years – Anifah Aman What is plain to all is that if Najib were confident that the federation had proved to have been a great thing for Borneo, then he could have celebrated this half century with a referendum, which would have at last confirmed this supposed act of self determination by Sabah and Sarawak. But, instead, he has criminalised anyone who speaks out against it and raised questions in the minds of the rest of the world about why he is so fearful of popular opinion on this matter?~~~~ sarawakreport.org/2014/12/malaysia-should-conform-to-international-standards-and-norms-uk-ministers-diplomatic-snub/
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