By DayakDaily Team
KUCHING, Oct 3: Sarawak and Sabah are not seeking to “colonise” Malaya by asserting their rights under the Malaysia Agreement 1963 (MA63), says Batu Kitang assemblyman Dato Lo Khere Chiang.
Responding to former law minister Datuk Mohd Zaid Ibrahim’s recent remarks on the Borneo states’ immigration autonomy, Lo said they were simply asking for the constitutional safeguards and arrangements agreed upon when Malaysia was formed.
“Sarawak and Sabah were accorded special powers concerning immigration into their respective territories. These safeguards remain recognised within Malaysia’s constitutional and legislative framework.
“The Federal Constitution itself provides special protection in Article 161E in relation to laws affecting the rights and powers conferred on Sabah and Sarawak concerning entry into and residence in those states.