SABAH DISPUTE HEATS UP: PHILIPPINES AND INDONESIA OPPOSE MALAYSIA OWNED SABAH

HISTORY: The Malaysian state of Sabah, formerly known as North Borneo, was once a territory of Sultanate of Brunei.

In 1658, the Sultan of Brunei ceded the north and eastern portion of Borneo to the Sultan of Sulu in compensation for the Sulu's assistance in repressing civil war that erupted in Brunei at that time.

At its peak in the 18th century, the influence of the Sultanate of Sulu extended beyond the territory of the modern day Sabah to include the southern Philippines as well as the advent of the colonial powers of Britain and Spain saw the gradual depletion of the influence of the Sulu Sultanate.

While the rest of the Philippines fell under Spanish dominions, British took initiative to gain power to Sabah.

The Americans dissolved the political sovereignty of the Sulu Sultanate through the Carpenter Agreement signed on 22 March 1915.

ANA: "O hayan, hindi mababago ang history re Sabah (former North Borneo) na kusang ipinamigay noon ng dating may-ari, ang Sultanate of Brunei, bilang UTANG-NA-LOOB sa Sultan of Sulu na sumaklolo para sawatain ang nagaganap noong civil war sa Brunei - o KITAM???"

LISA: "Ay uh-unga 'day, hindi katulad ng dinastiya ni diktador Marcos na eksperto sa pagbabago ng history na siya namang kinokopya ngayon ng gobyernong Digong para sa kanilang sariling kapakinabangan, 'di ba???"

CION: "Heto ang kopya ng first paragraph ng MEMORANDUM ng Carpenter Agreement, and I quote: (The Governor of the Department of Mindanao and Sulu, Frank W Carpenter duly authorized by his Excellency, the Governor General, and the Sultan of Sulu, Hadji Mohammad Jamalul Kiram, together with the officers of the Government as well as various consellors of the Sultan, after due discussion of the declarations of the Governor General and President of the Philippines Commission Luke E Wright, and the said Sultan of Sulu, and their respective associates, in certain hearing held in Manila on July 19th, 20th and 26th, 1904, following the abrogation of the so called Bates Treaty by the President of the United States, March 21, 1904, reach the following mutual understanding of the result of said hearing) - o mga DDS,intiendes???"