User:Kawaputra/Separatist movement in Sabah

There has been intermittent separatist movements or proposals since Sabah, Sarawak, Singapore and Malaya merged to form Malaysia on 16 September 1963. These movements however never blossomed into any widespread popular movement.

Background and history
Prior to 31 August 1963, Sabah, then known as North Borneo was a British colony. In response to a merger idea proposed by Tunku Abdul Rahman, the federation of Malaysia was formed on 16 September 1963. No referendum was conducted in Sabah however the Cobbold Commission was tasked to determine whether the people of Sabah and Sarawak supported the Malaysia proposal.

Other foreign parties have objected to the Malaysia proposal due to its own desire to annex Sabah such as Indonesia and the Philippines.

Separation of Singapore from Malaysia
Following the separation of Singapore from Malaysia in 1965, there were repeated calls for the re-examination of Sabah's position within Malaysia through the then chief minister Donald Stephens while the federal government has viewed him as having a strong but unexpressed desire to bring Sabah out of Malaysia.

Tun Mustapha Datu Harun
While in power as the 3rd chief minister of sabah, Tun Mustapha has expressed desire to separate Sabah from Malaysia and mooted the idea of a Federation of Bornesia in a paper by him titled "The Future of Sabah and Malaysia".

Operation Talkak
In 1990-1991, several prominent Sabah politicians were arrested under the Internal Security Act for their alleged involvement in "Operation Talkak", an alleged separatist plot for the secession of Sabah from Malaysia.

SSKM
British-based Sabahan, Doris Jones, began promoting the idea of separation of Sabah and Sarawak through a Facebook page "Sabah & Sarawak Keluar Malaysia" (SSKM) (Sabah and Sarawak Leave Malaysia). Malaysia police confirmed that she is under investigation under the Sedition Act.