MA63 inked when Sabah and Sarawak literacy low, says professor

Kota Kinabalu: Some Malaysia Agreement 1963 (MA63) activists feel suing the federal government for the myriad of grouses should be an option on the table in addressing the grievances.

Prof James Chin, Director of the Asia Institute at the University of Tasmania in Hobart, Australia during a podcast interview asked Datuk Stephen Foo, former Sabah Attorney General and official member from Sabah in the Federal Cabinet Committee on Malaysia Agreement 1963 about this.

 

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