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So Sri Muhyiddin Yassin. Stock Image Bernama
KOTA KINABALU (September 16): Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin is expected to make an announcement on the 1963 Malaysia Agreement (MA63) at the nationwide Malaysia Day celebration in Sibu tonight, which could affect to Sarawak and Sabah.
At the launch of Gabungan Rakyat Sabah’s ‘Aku Janji’ electoral manifesto here today, he did not go into detail on the next announcement.
“Everything that has been written in black and white is the right of Sabah. This is what we will implement. I don’t want to announce it now, but I will go into more detail about what we will do to implement MA63, during the Malaysian Day celebration in Sibu tonight, “he said.
Under MA63, Sarawak, North Borneo (Sabah), the Federation of Malaya, and at that time Singapore, formed Malaysia in 1963. The document details the position and rights of its various members.
However, the rights of Sarawak and Sabah had eroded over time, and in recent years, states have been working to restore them, including with the formation of committees in which the federal government participates.
Last Thursday, the Minister of Business Development and Cooperatives, Datuk Seri Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar, revealed that the federal cabinet had approved the creation of a new special committee on MA63.
He said that Muhyiddin would officially announce the committee, its composition and the time frame he had been given to accomplish his task, but it is unclear if this is the expected announcement tonight.
However, Wan Junaidi said the new committee will look at the Cobbold Commission’s finding on the formation of Malaysia and the reports of the Intergovernmental Committee, as well as the Malaysian Law in a more systematic and holistic way.
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