Kota Kinabalu: Former Sabah Cabinet Minister Datuk Yap Pak Leong said the 40 per cent income-sharing deal between Sabah and the Federal Government was the key reason why Sabah chose to join in forming Malaysia.
“Right from the start, I emphasised this share of 2/5 revenue to be a condition for Sabah to become part of Malaysia,” said Yap, one of the key players in the founding of Malaysia.
“Without this safeguard written in the Constitution, Sabah would not have been part of the formation of Malaysia,” the Sandakan Turf Club Chairman said in his talk titled “2/5 Sabah Revenue Share and Politics of Betrayal”, here, recently.
The talk was organised by a non-governmental organisation, Sabah Action Body Advocating Rights (Sabar), just days before the July 18 deadline for Sabah’s special grant issue to be resolved.
