Peninsular Malay leaders want to ride roughshod over Borneo, say analysts


Desmond Davidson

Umno deputy president Mohamad Hasan has opened up a can of worms after saying Malaysia needed a new MA63 agreement. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, July 18, 2022.

UMNO deputy president Mohamad Hasan’s proposal for a new Malaysia Agreement is typical of the “general attitude” peninsular Malay political elites have towards the historic agreement that formed the Federation of Malaysia in 1963, Sarawak and Sabah analysts said.

It also shows the peninsula’s insensitivity towards the Borneo states’ demands for compliance with the agreement, dubbed MA63, given the rights of Sabah and Sarawak have been watered down over the years.


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