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| Pic: the flag of the proposed Borneo federation of Brunei, Sarawak and Sabah |
JOINT MEMORANDUM TO UNITED NATIONS 1962
by: Peoples’ Party of Brunei/Sarawak United Peoples’ Party/United National Pasuk Memonggon Party of Sabah
Addressed to: The Secretary-General, United Nations Organization, New York.
We the undersigned … a joint memorandum with a view to having it placed before the Committee on Colonies of the UN … with a view to seeking the intervention of the UN in the proposed transfer of sovereignty in British North Borneo and Sarawak by the United Kingdom to the proposed Federation of Malaysia without the exercise of the right of self-determination by the peoples in these territories, in contravention to the spirit and letter of the Declaration of the UN and the Resolution 1514 (XV) of the UN General Assembly of the 14th December 1960 …
5. In 1958 the colonial government of Sarawak and Sabah … called for closer association of the territories of Sarawak, Sabah and Brunei with a view to forming a federation of these territories …
6. On 27th May 1961, the PM of the Federation of Malaya Tengku Abdul Rahman … proposed the foramtino of the MSCC the pace of and the line taken by this committee was set or influenced by the representative of the governments of Singapore and Malaya …
9. IN view of the decision of the British Government and the Colonial governments of Sarawak and Sabah were bound to support the formation of Malaysia and had utilised every propaganda machine at their disposal to put the proposal in the most favourable light. In Sarawak and elsewhere charges were indiscriminately made of the people who were against Malaysia as Communists, a description equivalent to bandits or foreign agents.
12. …over 112,000 signatures of adult persons opposing the Malaysia Plan were collected and forwarded to the Commission … in term of the total population (750,000), 55% of whom are not adults, the persons against Malaysia are substantially large.
13. The assessment of the Commisson was that one third of the population strongly favoured realisation of Malaysia without condition, one third favoured it with condition and safeguards and the rest against. This assessment was totally wrong and could not be supported by facts and could not be accepted by independent impartial observers.
16. The findings of the Committee set up by H.M. the Sultan of Brunei was that the overwhelming majority of the people in the State is against the federation of Malaysia.
18. The signatories to this memorandum appeal to the UN and urged that: (1) the UN should … intervene in the proposed transfer of sovereignty in Sarawak and Sabah on the ground that such a transfer is a denial to the peoples in these territories of their right to self determination and of their right to complete independence
(2) Alternative that a plebiscite organized and conducted by UN be held before such transfer of sovereignty
(3) In accordance with the peoples’ freely expressed will and desire and our belief, a federation of Union of the three Borneo territories viz Sarawak, Sabah and Brunei be brought about with his Highness the Sultan of Brunei as the Constitutional Head of such Federation or Union.
Dated this 9th September 1962.
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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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