WISHING ALL SABAHANS A MEMORABLE INDEPENDENCE DAY ON 31 AUGUST (NOT THE OTHER MERDEKA DAY!)

By Anonymous
If 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 sovereign 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!

42 comments:

  1. Selamat menyambut hari kemerdekaan pada 31 0gos ini. Harap kita akan memahami erti kemerdekaan ini sebaiknya.

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    1. ya..singkirkan dulu politik tu.

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    2. Yes let us cherish the moment together.

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    3. lupakan politik seketika..sama2 kita sambut hari kemerdekaan.

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    4. CHERISH BEING COLONISED. OH WHAT A WONDERFUL FEELING!

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    5. Saya ada dengar Bersih seru orang ramai pakai baju kuning & hitam hari ni kan... hhmmm, kalau betul entah apalah yg akan jadi.

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    6. A lot of them forgotten the meaning of the independent day.

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  2. Jangan kita terpedaya dengan permainan pihak tidak bertanggungjawab yang memutarkan cerita. Jika benar kenapa tidak dari dulu lagi semasa 1st Kemerdekaan Sabah. Kenapa baru sekarang mahu membangkitkan perkara ini. Sudah ketandusan sokongan daripada rakyatkah.

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    1. Pembangkang memang suka mengapi-apikan keadaan. Lagipun, mereka rasa mereka dah takda tempat ditujui juga.

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    2. nilailah dengan bijak dan jangan mudah terpengaruh.

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    3. Biasalah pembangkan kerjanya cari kesalahan saja.. Jadi dari kita sajalah yang nilai hal ini.

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  3. The nation’s independence must be treasured and defended by everyone, Jelutong Barisan coordinator Ng Fook On said.

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    1. YES YES- DEFEND OUR INDEPENDENCE RIGHTS WHICH WERE STOLEN BY UMNO!

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  4. “It’s a very important event for our country. Merdeka Day is a symbolic tribute to the nation and our way of showing we value our freedom from colonial rule.

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    1. BUT WHY CELEBRATE MALAYAN INDEPENDENCE DAY? ANY SENSE TO THAT UNLESS WE ARE COLONIAL SUBJECTS??

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  5. “As a sovereign country, Malaysia has succeeded in various aspects all this years,” he said.

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  6. He was speaking after launching the Raya open house organised by the northeast district information office in the MARA Building, Weld Quay in Penang.

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  7. He added that Malaysia’s success could be seen from its political stability which was the foundation of a strong nation.

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  8. “We can also take pride in our racial unity. We are able to strive for development and bring changes to all to achieve Vision 2020.

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  9. “Despite the many challenges, we’ve managed to provide security and peace,” he said.

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  10. At the open house, guests were treated to satay, pasembur, nasi himpit, rendang, laksa as well as ais kacang.

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  11. Also present were state Information Department director Ishak Abdullah, northeast district information officer Fun Pon Din Phrat and other Barisan Nasional coordinators.

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  12. sambutlah kemerdekaan dgn penuh patriotik.

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    1. ya, semangat patriotik harus ada dalam diri kita semua.

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  13. Happy Merdeka to all fellows in Malaysia.

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    1. HAPPY MERDEKA MALAYANS & GO HOME!

      SABAH IS NOT YOUR HOME.

      HAPPY MALAYANIZATION DAY! HAPPY COLONIAL DAY!

      HAPPY TO BE MALAYAN SLAVES & COLONIAL SUBJECTS!

      ALL BE GRATEFUL & LICK MALAYAN JACK BOOTS

      SEND ALL ILLEGALS TO MALAYA...

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  14. selamat menyambut hari kemerdekaan..

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  15. semoga semangat cintakan tanah air sentiasa menebal dalam diri setiap individu.

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    1. HAPPY COLONISATION DAY!

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    2. Ya dan perasan mahu cari pasal tu buanglah jauh-jauh.

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  16. Selamat Hari Merdeka!

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  17. Banyak juga isu pasal merdeka timbul. Harap rakyat akan menilai sesuatu hal secara matang.

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  18. A LOT OF THESE TWITS FROM MALAYANS...LAH

    JANJI TIDAAK AAPPTIII!

    WHO CARES ABOUT MALAYAN MERDEKA?

    WHAT IS SAID IN PRAISE OF MALAYAN MERDEKA CAN'T CHANGE THE REALITY.. LAST NIGHT 10,000 JANJI DEMO IN KUALA LUMPUR- SO NO BIG DEAL ABOUT MERDEKA- NOT EVEN ONE "Malaysia Jalur Gemilang" IN KL OR KK!

    TWITS! TWITS!

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  19. Hari yang mulia ini harus dinikmati dan disambut dengan hati yang ceria.

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  20. Unsur yang merosakkan perpaduan negara harus dielakkan.

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  21. Cinta Negara harus dipupuk sejak kecil lagi.

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  22. Hairan apa niat pihak yang cuba merosakkan sambutan Kemerdekaan ini?

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  23. tidak perlulah sambut kemerdekaan berasingan.. mana2 negara pun, mereka akan sambut kemerdekaan NEGARA bukannya NEGERI..

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  24. patutlah banner sambutan kemerdekaan SAPP kena simbah cat hitam.. sebab rakyat Sabah meluat dengan sikap pembangkang di negeri ini yang suka sangat membangkang apa sahaja termasuk perkara yang telah lama dipersetujui dan diamalkan di negara ini..

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  25. YAH! HAPPY MERDEKA FOR ALL MALAYAN COLONIAL SUBJECTS!

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