05 October 2020
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- Britain’s Colonial Legacy Continues to Scar Malaysia-Philippine Ties
Britain’s Colonial Legacy Continues to Scar Malaysia-Philippine Ties
The question of who owns the oil-rich Sabah state resurfaced with the recent deportation of its Filipino residents. Sabah, one of 13 Malaysian states, is located on Borneo Island, the largest in Asia. It is the only island in the world that is carved between three countries – Brunei, Indonesia and Malaysia. The Philippines says Sabah is a disputed region and the heirs to the sultanate claim that they never agreed to joining Malaysia “Every time Malaysia deports hundreds, if not thousands, of Filipinos from Sabah, the flames are fanned,” says Piya Raj Sukhani, a Research Analyst at the RSIS.
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