tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248788291686003101.post2175825230427352420..comments2023-12-09T10:11:37.589+08:00Comments on BORNEO BULLET: We respect Sabah’s decision to join Malaysia, says MNLF chairmanBorneo Bullethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14164938269020651658noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248788291686003101.post-90506231374046126332013-03-14T15:21:11.879+08:002013-03-14T15:21:11.879+08:00Sabah aman bersama MalaysiaSabah aman bersama MalaysiaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248788291686003101.post-25051546372325816182013-03-14T10:21:17.630+08:002013-03-14T10:21:17.630+08:00Formation of Malaysia quashes Sulu claims on Sabah...<b>Formation of Malaysia quashes Sulu claims on Sabah</b><br /><br />“It is money for the heirs, not the sultanate. The Sulu Sultanate no longer exists,” she added.Azroynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248788291686003101.post-11195955166812217842013-03-14T10:21:00.843+08:002013-03-14T10:21:00.843+08:00Formation of Malaysia quashes Sulu claims on Sabah...<b>Formation of Malaysia quashes Sulu claims on Sabah</b><br /><br />Meanwhile, historian Professor Dr Ramlah Adam expressed confidence of the government having the documents on the agreement on the cession money. She said the agreement stated that the payment was to be made to the heirs and not the Sulu Sultanate.Azroynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248788291686003101.post-90582483775787845392013-03-14T10:20:41.841+08:002013-03-14T10:20:41.841+08:00Formation of Malaysia quashes Sulu claims on Sabah...<b>Formation of Malaysia quashes Sulu claims on Sabah</b><br /><br />“This clearly showed that the Philippines has no right on the state,” he added. Syed Hamid said Sabah was a sovereign entity under Malaysia because a report by the Cobbold Commission, set up prior to the formation of Malaysia, stated that the people of Sabah and Sarawak wanted to be independent as part of Malaysia.Azroynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248788291686003101.post-73806118461998892492013-03-14T10:20:11.952+08:002013-03-14T10:20:11.952+08:00Formation of Malaysia quashes Sulu claims on Sabah...<b>Formation of Malaysia quashes Sulu claims on Sabah</b><br /><br />Syed Hamid said the Philippines did make its claim over Sabah at a time when Malaysia and Indonesia were staking their claim over Sipadan and Ligatan at the ICJ in 2001. “The Philippines tried to join in the claim. However, ICJ rejected Philippines’ intervention in the claim over Sipadan and Ligitan which are in Sabah waters.Azroynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248788291686003101.post-62021746875360225272013-03-14T10:19:56.283+08:002013-03-14T10:19:56.283+08:00Formation of Malaysia quashes Sulu claims on Sabah...<b>Formation of Malaysia quashes Sulu claims on Sabah</b><br /><br />He said the administration and governance of the Sulu Sultanate ended when Sultan Jamalul Kiram II signed the Carpenter Agreement in 1915 with the United States of America, which controlled the Philippines then.Azroynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248788291686003101.post-21385263657785147052013-03-14T10:19:40.305+08:002013-03-14T10:19:40.305+08:00Formation of Malaysia quashes Sulu claims on Sabah...<b>Formation of Malaysia quashes Sulu claims on Sabah</b><br /><br />He also said that the self-proclaimed Sulu Sultan could not bring his claim to the International Court of Justice (ICJ). “The ICJ only handles cases involving a government which is recognised, The Sulu Sultanate is not a government,” he added.Azroynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248788291686003101.post-84514780273291042732013-03-14T10:19:23.519+08:002013-03-14T10:19:23.519+08:00Formation of Malaysia quashes Sulu claims on Sabah...<b>Formation of Malaysia quashes Sulu claims on Sabah</b><br /><br />He claimed to have seen a cheque for the amount paid to the heirs of the Sulu Sultanate when he was foreign minister from 1999 to 2008. “The cession payment is like the payment made by the Penang government to the Kedah Sultan when the island was given to the British,” he added.Azroynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248788291686003101.post-23741776851247714472013-03-14T10:19:07.742+08:002013-03-14T10:19:07.742+08:00Formation of Malaysia quashes Sulu claims on Sabah...<b>Formation of Malaysia quashes Sulu claims on Sabah</b><br /><br />In KUALA LUMPUR, former foreign minister Tan Sri Syed Hamid Albar, commenting on the issue, said that the payment of about RM5,000 a year by the Malaysian government to the heirs of the Sulu Sultanate until today was not lease payment, but cession payment.Azroynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248788291686003101.post-68137754518592668412013-03-14T10:17:36.551+08:002013-03-14T10:17:36.551+08:00Formation of Malaysia quashes Sulu claims on Sabah...<b>Formation of Malaysia quashes Sulu claims on Sabah</b><br /><br />“Therefore, the claim that he is the heir of the Sulu Sultanate, even if the Sultan exists, on Sabah is void because of the various agreements. “The fact is, Sulu does not have a government or a country to warrant it the right to make any claim. The claim is just by an individual,” he added.Azroynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248788291686003101.post-89319037072383922122013-03-14T10:17:17.468+08:002013-03-14T10:17:17.468+08:00Formation of Malaysia quashes Sulu claims on Sabah...<b>Formation of Malaysia quashes Sulu claims on Sabah</b><br /><br />Bilcher said the people of Sabah chose to be with Malaysia as contained in the Cobbold Report. “Only the Sulu Sultan regarded the Sabah people as his, but the Sabah people did not recognise the Sultan, except the Governor (now known as the Yang Dipertua Negeri).Azroynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248788291686003101.post-85211254916951028222013-03-14T10:16:49.592+08:002013-03-14T10:16:49.592+08:00Formation of Malaysia quashes Sulu claims on Sabah...<b>Formation of Malaysia quashes Sulu claims on Sabah</b><br /><br />On the payment by the Malaysian government to the heirs of the Sulu Sultanate, he said it was just a compensation payment or gift for a 1787 “lease permanent” agreement. Hence, the payment had to be made until death (the term used in the agreement is for as long as there is the moon and stars), he added.Azroynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248788291686003101.post-45123841359674123872013-03-14T10:16:25.865+08:002013-03-14T10:16:25.865+08:00Formation of Malaysia quashes Sulu claims on Sabah...<b>Formation of Malaysia quashes Sulu claims on Sabah</b><br /><br />“In 1946 Sabah was handed over completely to the British and in 1963 it became part of Malaysia,” he said. Hence, he said, the action by Jamalul Kiram III in attacking Sabah, purportedly to claim the heritage of the Sulu sultanate, was a crime which could be regarded a terrorist attack.Azroynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248788291686003101.post-27412985498963131462013-03-14T10:16:04.117+08:002013-03-14T10:16:04.117+08:00Formation of Malaysia quashes Sulu claims on Sabah...<b>Formation of Malaysia quashes Sulu claims on Sabah</b><br /><br />“The formation of Malaysia in 1963 eliminates any claim on Sabah. In 1888 Sabah became a British protectorate and under a 1903 protocol, the Philippines came under the control of the United States, but without Sabah included.Azroynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248788291686003101.post-82906000743194738402013-03-14T10:14:40.654+08:002013-03-14T10:14:40.654+08:00Formation of Malaysia quashes Sulu claims on Sabah...<b>Formation of Malaysia quashes Sulu claims on Sabah</b><br /><br />The joining of Sabah in the formation of Malaysia in 1963 eliminates any claim on the state, previously known as North Borneo, said a professor from Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS), Assoc Professor Dr Bilcher Bala. as such, any claims made on Sabah today was invalid.Azroynoreply@blogger.com