Dua Artikel Perjuangan Momogun Movement for Self-Determination (MOSIK)

KOTA MARUDU: Dua artikel mengenai perjuangan Momogun Movement for Self-Determination (MOSIK) telah dihasilkan oleh Uthaya Sankar SB yang masing-masing berjudul "Apa lagi Sabah mahu?" dan "Suara dari negara Sabah". Uthaya Sankar SB adalah penulis sepenuh masa dan presiden Kumpulan Sasterawan Kavyan (Kavyan). Beliau berkarya dalam Bahasa Malaysia dan merupakan pemilik Perunding Media, Motivasi dan Penerbitan Uthaya. Ikuti tulisan beliau yang pautannya saya sertakan.

Artikel 1: Apa lagi Sabah mahu?

Mungkin sahaja kewujudan Momogun Movement for Self-Determination (MOSIK) tidak membawa apa-apa makna kepada rata-rata penduduk di Semenanjung Malaysia (Tanah Melayu). Bagaimanapun, hasil penelitian sejak awal bulan ini, saya mendapati Mosik mendapat sambutan hangat daripada pelbagai lapisan masyarakat “Momogun” iaitu “Orang Asal Sabah”.

Saya berpeluang mendapatkan maklumat daripada rakan saya, Daniel Jebon Janaun yang mengasaskan serta menggerakkan Mosik. Menurutnya, MOSIK diwujudkan demi perjuangan memulihkan status Sabah sebagai sebuah negara merdeka dan berdaulat selaras Perkara 20, Perlembagaan Persekutuan Malaysia, Laporan Suruhanjaya Cobbold, Laporan IGC dan Perjanjian Malaysia 1963, serta jaminan dan persetujuan asal dalam penubuhan Malaysia.

Artikel lengkap baca di sini:  http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/opinion/uthaya-sankar/article/apa-lagi-sabah-mahu

Artikel 2: Suara dari negara Sabah

23 SEPTEMBER ― Katakan Sabah dan Sarawak itu negara. Jangan lagi sebut “negeri”. Biasakan lidah anda menyebut. Sebutkan dengan jelas “Negara Sabah”, “Negara Sarawak”, “Negara Malaya” dan “Persekutuan Malaysia”.

Demikian ditegaskan dengan berani menerusi laman rangkaian sosial oleh seorang rakan penulis dan aktivis, Daniel Jebon Janaun, baru-baru ini.

Saya yang mengikuti perjuangan Daniel, Doris Jones serta sejumlah nasionalis Sabah Sarawak Keluar Malaysia (SSKM) cuba mendapatkan maklumat lanjut mengenai pendirian bekas penjawat awam itu.

“Sabah dan Sarawak dahulunya masing-masing sebuah negara. Kedua-duanya dimerdekakan oleh British. Sabah merdeka pada 31 Ogos 1963, sementara Sarawak merdeka pada 22 Julai 1963.

“Kemerdekaan itu meletakkan Sabah dan Sarawak sebagai dua negara merdeka dan berdaulat,” Daniel yang lahir di Kota Marudu, Sabah pada 25 Ogos 1967 menghuraikan.

Artikel lengkap baca di sini: http://www.themalaymailonline.com/opinion/uthaya-sankar/article/suara-dari-negara-sabah#sthash.BnGK3mh2.dpuf

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D.O. Should Not Play Politics With Excuses - Dr. Jeffrey

KOTA KINABALU: “It is a sad day for the civil service when the District Officer tried to play politics to justify his refusal to open up the Batu Sumpah monument on Malaysia with excuses and lies.   It may be better that he ask to be transferred out of Keningau to protect the good name of the Sabah civil service” said Dr. Jeffrey in response to the so-called explanation of the District Officer that STAR Sabah applied to hold the Malaysia Day commemoration service.

“If the District Officer wish to recall, I applied for permission as the State Assemblyman for Bingkor and the request was not made under STAR Sabah party as alleged by the D.O.” stressed Dr. Jeffrey.

It is only right that the commemoration service be held on Malaysia Day itself even if it is a public holiday.   The D.O.’s excuse that it was a public holiday and the event cannot be held as such is absurd.

If he still think this reason is right, then he should advise the federal and Sabah governments not to celebrate Merdeka since 31 August is a public holiday.

The Batu Sumpah monument belongs to the people and it should be accessible to the public at all times.  If properly organized, it can even be a tourist attraction the whole year round. As for the wild allegations of damage to government properties, it is unwarranted and totally baseless.

Each year for the past many years, his predecessors have allowed commemoration events to be held at the Batu Sumpah on Malaysia Day and no untoward incidents had happened before.

‘I would have let the matter rest but felt compelled to respond to the D.O. to put the facts right as the public ought to be told the truth not some misplaced excuses” added Dr. Jeffrey.

As for the official ceremony, it is up to the authorities but it would have been more appropriate if it had been held on Malaysia Day itself. If they think they are right, they might as well celebrate the Merdeka Day on 1st January or some other advance date other than the actual date.

As for the allegations and threats against him, it is not right for the accusations and threats to be made as the missing key words were removed much earlier, before his tenure as D.O.   In any event, since the Batu Sumpah monument is under his care and responsibility, the D.O. should take steps to investigate the matter and identify the culprits involved and to bring them before the law.

Datuk Dr. Jeffrey Kitingan

Chairman

Borneo Heritage Foundation (BHF)

22 September 2014

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Sabah Umno BN Leaders Need to Stand up for Sabah – Dr. Jeffrey

KOTA KINABALU:  “Sabah Umno BN leaders need to come out of their cocoons and hiding places and put the facts correct to the federal government that Sabah and Sarawak (with Singapore then) formed Malaysia on 16 September, 1963.   There should be no dispute and no ambiguity to this historical fact.” said Datuk Dr. Jeffrey Kitingan, Chairman of STAR Sabah in supporting the call by a senior Sarawak BN leader cum Minister that those who distort history should be charged with sedition.

Sarawak BN leaders have been forthright and have articulated correctly the basis of the formation of Malaysia and the rights of Sabah and Sarawak as equal partners in the Federation of Malaysia.

Unfortunately, the Sabah Umno BN leaders have largely remained inelegantly silent on the basis of the formation of Malaysia. Those who have spoken are nothing more than parrots repeating the lines and the lies of the federal leaders.

They do not deserve to be called Sabah leaders for their treachery and contempt in mistreating and failing to defend Sabah rights. They should stop hiding behind the BN banner or their respective parties and come out and stand up for Sabah rights.

They should no longer remain as proxies and stooges of Kuala Lumpur while at the same time in private whisper that Sabah and Sarawak have been taken for a ride for the past 51 years.

At this critical moment, the nation need leaders who are brave to sincerely voice out what is wrong and rectify the past mistakes of past leaders or guide the present leaders if they are on the wrong path.  It is a great disservice to the nation if not treason and treachery if they continue to remain silent while the true facts of history are being distorted.

At the same time, the federal leaders should listen to the grievances and unhappiness of the people in the Borneo States and correct the true facts of history.   They need to be pro-active and restore the basis of the formation of Malaysia on 16 September 1963 and not create mis-information on the rights of Sabah and Sarawak.   And certainly not making threats and false accusations against the people who are voicing their dissatisfaction and unhappiness over Sabah and Sarawak.

The federal leaders and Malaysia will be the biggest losers if they think that they can falsely label the Sabah and Sarawak nationalists and attempt to paint them as secessionists and trouble-makers.  All this falsehoods are done a view of falsely building up perception and justifying unwarranted action so as to cower then and dampen the claims for restoration of the rights of Sabah and Sarawak in Malaysia.

The time has come for the Sabah Umno BN leaders to prove themselves as national patriots not just looking after, protecting and safeguarding the rights and interests of Sabah and Sabahans consistent with the formation of Malaysia (not Sabah joining Malaya masquerading as Malaysia) but also to ensure Malaysia is put back on the right track progressing towards Vision 2020.   Even if it means charging those who

distort history as called for by the Sarawak leader.

Datuk Dr. Jeffrey Kitingan

Chairman, Borneo Heritage Foundation (BHF)

21 September 2014

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Perjanjian Malaysia 1963 Tidak Sah?

KOTA MARUDU: Perjanjian Malaysia 1963 tidak sah, kata peguam, Robert Pei yang telah membentangkan kertas kerjanya baru-baru ini dalam satu persidangan Malaysia at Crossroad. MOSIK Times meneliti beberapa catatan di media sosial dan media massa berhubung perkara ini dan merumuskan beberapa fakta menarik yang menyokong dakwaan Perjanjian Malaysia 1963 tidak sah. Perjanjian Malaysia 1963 sebenarnya ditolak oleh regim Malaya. Sehingga kini selama 51 tahun sejak Persekutuan Malaysia dibentuk pada 16 September 1963, regim Malaya tidak mahu menghormati dan mematuhi perjanjian itu. Berikut dinyatakan beberapa fakta yang membuktikan Perjanjian Malaysia 1963 tidak sah.

Fakta-Fakta yang Membuktikan Perjanjian Malaysia 1963 Tidak Sah

1. Perjanjian penyatuan Malaya, Sarawak dan Sabah sebagai satu negara melanggar tatacara undang-undang antarabangsa, yang menyatakan hanya negara merdeka boleh menyertai perjanjian antarabangsa.

2. Perjanjian Malaysia 1963 tidak ditandatangani antara lima negara merdeka dan berdaulat, namun disertai antara dua negara bebas, iaitu United Kingdom dan Persekutuan Tanah Melayu (yang sudah merdeka pada ketika itu) – dengan negara separuh koloni Singapura dan dua koloni Borneo Utara (Sabah) dan Sarawak. 

3. Lima  individu yang terlibat menandatangani Perjanjian Malaysia 1963 untuk Sarawak – P.E.H Pike, T Jugah, Abang Haji Mustapha, Ling Beng Siew dan Abang Haji Openg – tidak mempunyai mandat rakyat Sarawak kerana Sarawak masih lagi menjadi koloni tanpa wakil kerajaan.

4. Perjanjian Malaysia 1963 telah melanggar Konvensyen Vienna berkenaan Law of Treaties Customary International Law, 1980 (VCLT 1980).

5. Perjanjian Malaysia 1963 juga telah melanggar Artikel 5, United Nations Decolonization Declaration 1960 (UNDD 1960) apabila Britain dan Malaya merancang untuk memindahkan kemerdekaan koloni Borneo kepada Malaysia. Perjanjian Malaysia 1963 melanggar Artikel 5 UNDD 1960, kerana gagal memindahkan kesemua kuasa kepada rakyat dan menafikan rakyat untuk mendapat kebebasan mutlak.

6. Menurut UN Charter on Self-Determination, Malaya sebagai kuasa bebas, tidak mempunyai hak perundangan, mandat atau kuasa untuk mencampuri hal-ehwal Borneo. 

7. Manakala Britain pula telah melakukan pecah amanah apabila gagal menghormati Cession Treaty 1946 untuk memastikan kemerdekaan Sarawak ketika rakyat negeri itu bersedia untuk mentadbirnya, tetapi Britain tidak melakukannya.

8. Berdasarkan pada peristiwa asas pembentukan Malaysia, Suruhanjaya Cobbold dan United Nations Assessment Mission tidak dilakukan dengan sempurna di mana Suruhanjaya Cobbold hanya bertemu 4,000 penduduk Borneo Utara dan Sarawak dengan populasi 1.2 juta dan mendakwa menerima 2,200 memo dan surat daripada orang ramai. Ini tidak mewakili suara rakyat Borneo Utara dan Sarawak.

9. Terdapat beberapa bukti yang menunjukkan bantahan terhadap pembentukan Persekutuan Malaysia, dengan ribuan orang membantah di Sarawak selain penahanan beberapa orang pemimpin anti-Malaysia termasuk pengharaman akhbar Cina pada masa itu. Bukti ini jelas menunjukkan suara rakyat tidak dipedulikan dan melanggar hak-hak manusia sejagat.

10. Perjanjian  Malaysia 1963 seharusnya terbatal dengan pemisahan Singapura pada 9 Ogos 1965 kerana pemisahan itu berlaku tanpa persetujuan semua pihak termasuk tanpa rundingan dengan Sabah dan Sarawak. Jika Perjanjian Malaysia 1963 itu dianggap masih lagi sah meskipun Singapura berpisah, tetapi regim Malaya masih tidak menghormati perjanjian itu kerana regim Malaya meminda Perlembagaan Persekutuan pada 27 Ogos 1976 yang mengubah status Sarawak dan Sabah sebagai negeri ke-12 dan ke-13. Regim Malaya melanggar konsep asal pembentukan Persekutuan tiga negara kepada kesatuan 13 negeri dengan kuasa dan kemerdekaan dipegang oleh Kerajaan Persekutuan yang menunjukkan dengan jelas pelanggaran terhadap asas Perjanjian Malaysia 1963.

Penutup

Berdasarkan fakta ini, maka Perjanjian Malaysia 1963 itu tidak sah dan wajar dibawa ke Mahkamah Keadilan Antarabangsa. Bersediakah Kerajaan Sabah dan Sarawak membawa kes ini ke Mahkamah Keadilan Antarabangsa? Hanya Kerajaan sahaja yang mempunyai locus standi untuk membawa kes ini di Mahkamah Antarabangsa. Ini bermakna kita harus memilih kerajaan yang boleh menegakkan keadilan dan kebenaran, yang mahu supaya Perkara 20/18, Laporan Cobbold, Laporan IGC, dan Perjanjian Malaysia 1963 dipatuhi dan dilaksanakan dan seterusnya membawa hal ini di peringkat antarabangsa sekiranya regim Malaya masih enggan mematuhinya.

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Puisi Perjuangan MOSIK

KOTA MARUDU: Suara anak muda (Gen-Y), suara jelas dan nyata untuk menuntut kebenaran dan keadilan ditegakkan. Bersatu berjuang bersama untuk mencapai visi, misi, dan matlamat untuk memulihkan status negara Sabah berjaya dan merdeka. Berikut adalah puisi perjuangan MOSIK yang dihasilkan oleh seorang Gen-Y yang berbakat besar dalam bidang penulisan. Dia juga berjuang mengikut kapasiti yang dia ada:

BERSATU BERJUANG BERSAMA

Bersatu berjuang bersama
Bersatu, bersatu, bersatu
Menegakkan keadilan dan kuasa
Mencapai satu visi, misi, dan matlamat
Menjadi negara berjaya

Berjuang, berjuang, berjuang,
Berdiri teguh pantang menyerah
Menuntut kebenaran dan kenyataan
Semangat kami terus membara.

Semangat perjuangan kami,
Tak goyah walau badai menerpa,
Semarak iltizam yang tinggi,
Membela kedaulatan nama-Mu.

Bangkitlah anak-anak bangsa,
Bersatu berjuang bersama,
MOSIK sentiasa berpadu
Demi negara Sabah merdeka!

YILLSON YANGGUN
20 September 2014

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Lagu Perjuangan MOSIK

Dengan judul "Rakyat Sabah Bangkit Berjuang," MOSIK sekali lagi mencipta sejarah apabila salah seorang pejuang / nasionalis Sabah dari Gen-Y bernama Yashnite telah menghasilkan lagu perjuangan yang sederhana, tetapi penuh bermakna bagi perjuangan ini. Ikuti seni kata lagunya seperti berikut:

RAKYAT SABAH BANGKIT BERJUANG

Mari bangsaku mari bersatu
Membela tanah pusaka
Perpaduan asas kekuatan
Elakkan persengketaan
Teguh bersatu semangat membara
Elakkan perpecahan

Tanah airku Sabah tercinta
Tinggalan nenek moyangku
Kutak rela dirampas penjajah
Kutak rela berputih mata
Rela berkorban jiwa dan ragaku
demimu oh tanah pusaka

Korus:
Mari berjuang berganding bahu
kukuhkan perpaduan
Tak kira kaum juga agama
Rakyat Sabah mesti bersatu

Para pemimpin yang kami sanjung
Taat setia kami junjung
Harapan rakyat tinggi menggunung
Pemimpin tempat kami bernaung
bersatu padu bercerai roboh
Rakyat Sabah bangkit untuk berjuang...

YASHNITE
20 September 2014

Mari kita terus berjuang melalui apa jua kapasiti kita. Anda boleh berperanan di balik tabir. Anak muda bangkit berjuang.

Mosik! Bangun!

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Sabah Sarawak Clearly Cheated If What Najib Says in True - Dr. Jeffrey

KOTA KINABALU:  “The truth behind the takeover of Sabah and Sarawak by Malaya appears to be revealed, intentionally or unintentionally, by the comparison of Sabah and Sarawak “joining” Malaysia similarly to the States of Wisconsin and Hawaii joining the original 13 States of the U.S.A. as disclosed by PM Najib on Malaysia Day in Miri,” said Datuk Dr. Jeffrey Kitingan, STAR Sabah Chief, commenting Najib’s statement that the newer States other than the founding 13 States in U.S.A. celebrate 4th of July as their Independence Day despite joining later and that Sabah and Sarawak should accept 31 August 1957 as the Independence Day of Malaysia.

Sabah and Sarawak never negotiated to join as the 12th and 13th States of Malaya or Malaysia.  If this was the basis and disclosed to Sabah and Sarawak, the founding fathers of Sabah would not have agreed and

there would be no Malaysia in existence today.

Right from the outset, Malaysia was to be a new nation, a partnership and succinctly stated by Lord Cobbold, chairman of the Cobbold Commission that:

“It is a necessary condition that from the outset, Malaysia should be regarded by all concerned, as an association of partners, combining in the common to create a new nation but retaining their own individualities.”

In fact, Tun Fuad forewarned of being the 12th and 13th states of Malaya and did not agree to it when he said:

        “If we had been asked to join at the time Malaya achieved Independence and Britain made it possible for us, the story would have been a different one.  Now that “Merdeka” has been Malaya’s for some years, and we are still struggling towards it, Malaya’s proposal that we join the 12th, 13th and 14th states savours of imperialism, of a drive to  turn us into Malayan colonies.    To join Malaya, while we are still colonies…..  The implication is to hand (ourselves) over to your control.”

As aptly put by Chief Minister Adenan, there was no Malaysia to join as Malaysia was not in existence.

As a gentle reminder to PM Najib, one of the founding fathers of Sarawak, the late Datuk James Wong reminded Malaysians that Sarawak did not join Malaysia but helped form Malaysia in 1963.   This was recently re-affirmed by the Chief Minister of Sarawak live on national television and that Malaysia was only formed in 1963 with special safeguards for Sabah and Sarawak in their constitutional arrangement.

Najib should also consult Malaysia’s top judge, Chief Justice Tun Arifin Zakaria who said in Kota Kinabalu several months ago when launching the book 'The Constitutional Rights of Sabah and Sarawak' that Sabah and Sarawak formed Malaysia and that they are key partners in the Federation of Malaysia.

From the Sabah perspective, it is clearly spelt out in the Constitution of Sabah at Article 46(1) that "the Federation" means the Federation to be known, on and after Malaysia Day, by the name Malaysia.  It does not recognize and is not part of the Federation of Malaya that existed between 31.08.1957 and 15.09.1963.

  

The rumblings of discontentment and unhappiness amongst the people in Sabah and Sarawak are moving towards its tipping point with a slight majority wanting Sabah and Sarawak to opt out of Malaysia.

The PM need to convene his advisers and historians and review the history of the formation of Malaysia and rectify the mistakes of past leaders including his late father.   He need to stop hoodwinking the people and distorting the facts of history and take the necessary steps to restore Sabah and Sarawak as equal partners in the Federation of Malaysia as promised by the 1st and only Prime Minister of Malaya and the 1st Prime Minister of Malaysia, Tunku Abdul Rahman, who said:

     “The important aspect, of the Malaysia Ideal as I see it, is that it will enable the Borneo territories to transform their present colonial status to self-government for themselves and absolute independence in Malaysia simultaneously.”

“The granting of self-government too would enable Sabah to stand on its own feet as equal with Malaya, Sarawak and Singapore."

It is the only way of saving Malaysia from tethering towards break-up.

Datuk Dr. Jeffrey Kitingan

Chairman

Borneo Heritage Foundation (BHF)

19 September 2014

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Puisi Perjuangan MOSIK

BERSATU, BERJUANG, DAN MERDEKA!

Sabah tanah airku,
Di sini tumpahnya darahku,
Bersatu membela keadilan,
Berpadu menuntut kuasa,
Menjadi sebuah negara berjaya.

Sabah tanah airku,
Semangat perjuangan anakmu tinggi,
Berjuang demi matlamat yang hakiki,
Menyemarakkan iltizam nasionalis,
Mencapai Agenda Borneo.

Sabah tanah airku,
Negara aman dan kaya,
Anak bangsamu berdiri teguh,
Menempuh pelbagai dugaan,
Demi kemakmuran namamu.

Bangunlah anak bangsa,
Pertahankan kedaulatan negara,
Berjuanglah sehingga ke garis terakhir,
Agar matlamatmu tercapai,
Negara Sabah yang merdeka!

YILLSON YANGGUN
19 September 2014.

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Removal of Key Words Show Government Can't be Trusted – Dr. Jeffrey

KOTA KINABALU:  “The removal of the key words “Kerajaan Malaysia Jamin” meaning “The Malaysian Government Guarantees” from the “Batu Sumpah” Oath Stone in Keningau shows that the Malaysian government cannot be trusted because they can change anything they want including the history of Malaysia and the rights of Sabah and Sarawak” said Datuk Dr. Jeffrey Kitingan, STAR Sabah Chief.

What is the meaning and intention for the removal of the key words in the “Batu Sumpah”?

By removing the key words, the government of Malaysia can now say that they do not guarantee that religious freedom; forest and that natural resources belongs to Sabah and the safeguarding of native customs,

adat and traditions.   It reflects the insincere and bad intention of the government.

The celebration by Tan Sri Kurup, Minister in the PM’s Department on 15 September, shows another example of dishonouring the actual date of Malaysia Day.

If the government can simply remove the key words in the “Batu Sumpah”, they can change anything and change the facts of history as and when they like including not honouring the Malaysia Agreement and the terms of the formation of Malaysia.

The police action on Malaysia Day in preventing the people from honouring Batu Sumpah is already another step of the government dishonouring and disregarding the terms of the formation of Malaysia.

“The matter has been referred to our panel of lawyers for consideration of action to be taken against the police and government,” added Dr. Jeffrey.

The announcement by PM Najib that from next year, there will be no indication of how many years of “Merdeka” and that “Merdeka” will be celebrated on 31 August are blatant distortions and disregard of the formation of Malaysia.

There can be no denial that Malaysia did not exist before 1963 and that it was never colonized and never granted independence by Britain.

Why then celebrate Malaysia’s independence?   There is no issue if the independence of Malaya is to be celebrated but be truthful and say so, it is the independence of Malaya not Malaysia.

There can be no denial, it is history, that Malaysia was formed on 16 September 1963.   It is the most important event in the history of Malaysia.   So why is it an issue that there is no necessity to declare how many years Malaysia has been formed?

And “Why is it that there are no celebrations of Malaysia Day in the Peninsula? 

“Is Malaysia Day only for Sabah and Sarawak?”

“Is it because the powers that be want some people to think that Malaysia was formed or gained independence in 1957?

“Whatever the reasons and excuses, the actions of the current

government only show that it can no longer be trusted?”

Datuk Dr. Jeffrey Kitingan

Chairman

Borneo Heritage Foundation (BHF)

18 September 2014

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Why Are Federal and Sabah Govts Preventing Malaysia Day Commemoration at Batu Sumpah? - Dr. Jeffrey

KOTA KINABALU: Why are the federal and Sabah governments preventing Malaysia Day commemoration at the Batu Sumpah on Malaysia Day?   It is disappointing to see the police personnel turning out in full force with their Black Marias reading to stop and arrest the people from performing their commemoration rituals at the Batu Sumpah” said Datuk Dr. Jeffrey Kitingan, who with a large crowd of hundreds who were prevented from entering the Batu Sumpah compound on Malaysia Day.

Officially, the governments are celebrating the 51st anniversary of the birth of the Federation of Malaysia but their actions at Batu Sumpah run smack of a blatant dishonour and disregard of Sabahans and the real Malaysia Day.

It was Sabahans in the Interior who had erected the Batu Sumpah Oath Stone and pledged their loyalty to the Federation in return for the assurance that the Federal Government will honour religious freedom (no official religion), land, forest and natural resources belongs to Sabah and the native customs, adat and traditions will be safeguarded.

By preventing the commemoration ritual, both the federal and Sabah governments are not recognizing Malaysia Day and dishonouring the native customs, adat and traditions. The governments did not erect the Batu Sumpah monument and the Batu Sumpah does not belong to the government.

Indirectly, the federal and Sabah governments are dishonouring and disregarding the basis of the formation of Malaysia.   If not for the basis of the assurances and guarantees as etched in the Batu Sumpah monument, Sabahans would not have agreed to merge with Malaya, Sarawak and Singapore to form Malaysia in 1963.

With the show of force by the police and the actions of the governments to dishonour Malaysia Day and disregard the basis of the formation of Malaysia, Sabah leaders ought to take time out and ask themselves whether there is any more basis for them to support the federal and Sabah governments and for Sabah to continue to remain in the Federation.

Sabah does not belong to the federal government or the Sabah BN government.

Datuk Dr. Jeffrey Kitingan

Chairman Borneo Heritage Foundation (BHF)

16 September 2014

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No More Empty Talk, Restore Equal Partnership to Save Malaysia – Dr. Jeffrey

KOTA KINABALU: “Malayan leaders, both from the BN government and the Pakatan opposition, should climb down from their high horses and stop the empty and hollow words to sweet talk Sabahans and Sarawakians on the future of Malaysia.  The time has come for all parties particularly the federal government to rectify past mistakes on the formation of Malaysia and save Malaysia before it is too late from saving it from breaking up”said Datuk Dr. Jeffrey Kitingan, STAR Sabah Chief, in his speech at Batu Sumpah, Keningau, on Malaysia Day, where the ceremony was being prevented from being performed by the police authorities.

Reading the statements of the various Malayan leaders including from PKR, DAP, MCA and Gerakan, it can be simplified that they acknowledge that Malaysia was formed on 16 September 1963 and that Sabah and Sarawak are equal partners to the Federation of Malaya.

More importantly, they are acknowledging that it is wrong that Sabah and Sarawak have been down-graded to be the equivalent 12th and 13th States of Malaya and that Sabah and Sarawak have been wronged and mis-treated by the federal government.   

Further, they also note that there is mal-apportionment of development and underdevelopment and unfair and unjust 5% return of Sabah and Sarawak’s oil and gas revenues.

The people of Sabah and Sarawak are unhappy and it has reached epic proportions.   The federal government cannot blame the people who have legitimate grievances.

Even the Deputy Home Minister from Sarawak has acknowledged that massive disparity and under-development is one of the many causes of the unhappiness.

Sabahans and Sarawakians are not asking for additional rights or taking any rights from the other States but seeking restoration of their rights which were promised or taken away.   

It is within the powers at the hands of the Malayan leaders, government and opposition, to take action and restore Sabah and Sarawak as equal partners in the Federation of Malaysia, as promised in the formation in 1962-1963.   They can start by converting their sweet talk into concrete proposals to make the necessary amendments to the Federal Constitution at the next Parliament sitting.

Sabahans and Sarawakians are asking nothing more and are not accepting nothing less.

The truth is that the support for the restoration of the rights of Sabah and Sarawak is growing and the people are getting restless and unhappier over time.   

“As I have said before, if the federal and Malayan leaders do not honour the basis of the formation of Malaysia then Sabah and Sarawak have every legal right not to continue with Malaysia.  It is not being separatist or secessionist” stressed Dr. Jeffrey.

Datuk Dr. Jeffrey Kitingan

Chairman Borneo Heritage Foundation (BHF)

16 September 2014

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Mengenai MOSIK

1. MOSIK adalah akronim bagi Momogun Movement for Self-Determination.

2. Idea penubuhan MOSIK, salah satu NGO baru di Sabah bermula pada 4 September 2014 secara maya dan ditubuhkan secara rasminya pada 16 September 2014 di Kota Marudu, Sabah. Presiden Penaja MOSIK ialah Daniel Jebon Janaun.

3. Sambutan rakyat terhadap MOSIK amat luar biasa walaupun baru diketengahkan pada 4 September 2014. MOSIK telah meniti dari bibir ke bibir rakyat. MOSIK sudah ada group FB MOSIK dan Whatsapp / Telegram Pejuang MOSIK yang beroperasi pada 4 September 2014.

4. MOSIK merupakan gerakan atau movement untuk memberi kesedaran kepada rakyat Sabah, Borneo mengenai hak mereka. Perjuangannya adalah untuk memulihkan status Sabah sebagai negara selaras Perkara 20, Laporan Cobbold, Laporan IGC, Perjanjian Malaysia 1963.

5. Perjuangannya adalah untuk pematuhan perjanjian penubuhan Malaysia dan bukan pemisahan Sabah dari Persekutuan Malaysia.

6. Sebagai gerakan atau movement, MOSIK buat masa ini akan bernaung di bawah salah satu organisasi berdaftar (dicadangkan Borneo Heritage Foundation (BHF), tetapi masih belum diperakukan). 

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