Kota Kinabalu: Sabah DAP Chairman Frankie Poon was wrong to blame PBS for making Islam, Sabah’s official religion, as it happened, during by Usno in 1973, before PBS was formed.
John Melvin Baxter, a member of the Sabah Action Body Advocating Rights (Sabar), a non-political and non-religious entity NGO, said this in response to Poon who blamed PBS for making Islam the official religion of Sabah.
“Perhaps Frankie was too young to be aware of this fact. His remarks cannot be allowed to go uncorrected. I would say to Frankie history right’.
Sabar was formed on April 13, 2021 and registered under the Trustees (Incorporation) Ordinance (Cap. 148), to create awareness through education on the historical aspect in the formation of Malaysia as a Federation amongst Sabahans. Sabar will undertake study, research and collate evidence, testimonies, constitutional documents and other relevant historical aspects in relation to the Malaysia Agreement 1963 and other related documents in respect to the formation of the Federation of Malaysia and to assess, analyse and realise to what extent the formation of Malaysia has affected or impacted the people.
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