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Lina Soo is a candidate for State Reform Party (STAR) for P196 Stampin, Sarawak in GE-13 and the author of popular book "Sarawak the Real Deal"
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UNITED NATIONS ASSESSMENT - September 1963
In August 1963 Malaya, Philippine and Indonesia reached an agreement for UN intervention to determine if Borneo Territories wanted Malaysia and signed the Manila Accord. Instead of a UN-backed referendum which has to be sanctioned by the General Assembly, Britain/Malaya prevented the referendum by getting UN Secretary-U Thant to conduct an assessment.
Meanwhile it was announced that Sep 16 is the new date for Malaysia, and this was resolved in Council Ngeri sitting 1-7 Sep ... before the assessment!
Stephen Yong (SUPP, opposition) in Council Negri said it was rather unusual while agreeing to a term of inquiry to come to this country to announce a date for. One cannot agree to an enquiry and then before the result is known, take a course which might be contrary to its findings. "If you agree to an enquiry the natural thing to do is to wait for the result of the enquiry".
There are newsclips and photos to show that opposition to Malaysia was massive.
Yet the Assessment reported "LITTLE EVIDENCE OF ARTICULATE AND ORGANIZED OPPOSITION TO THE FEDERATION".
In 10 days, all over and done in 10 days to whitewash the whole operation, Malaysia into being on 16 September 1963.
Repression by armed force of the colonial government towards the people of Sarawak who objected was horrendous. The dark and horrifying secret remains to this day, many carried it to their graves.
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