By : HASMIN AZROY ABDULLAH
KOTA KINABALU : We thank
Abdul Rahman Dahlan for confirming Star is far from being an Umno agent, as
rumours being spread by irresponsible parties.
It is good that Rahman,
Sabah BN secretary, acknowledged Star's existence in Sabah is to dethrone his
very own party Umno and replace it with a state party like Star.
Nevertheless Star Wiramuda
found it difficult to swallow Rahman's own interpretation of Sabah's special
position in the formation of Malaysia Federation in 1963 and thereafter its
autonomous rights.
We would like to remind
Rahman that Tun Fuad Stephens once said in 1963 "Kami tidak mahu menyertai
pembentukan Malaysia sebagai negeri ke-12, 13 atau 14".
Even Tun Mustapha Harun,
Sabah's Father of Independece, had at an Usno meet clearly said: "Kita
tidak mahu kerajaan hanya bertukar daripada kerajaan British kepada Kerajaan
Malaya".
Surely both leaders would
not have said such important statements if the wishes were just to become the
12th and 13th state in a new Federation, as Rahman believes, that was
established together by four nations -- Malaya Federation, Singapore, Sabah
(then North Borneo) and Sarawak.
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