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After much debate on Sarawak security issues if it were to secede from Malaysia, Voon reckoned foreign powers would not pose a threat to Sarawak — which has no military power of its own — because superpowers in this region, such as China, would not gain anything from it.

In fact, he said, China, being a permanent member of the United Nations (UN) together with the United States (US), would be obliged to maintain peace and order when there is a threat, breach and act of aggression in any part of the world, including Sarawak.

“Someone posed me an issue and said independence is not good because we don’t have any army and proper defence from security threats from outside. My answer to this problem is that when Singapore exited Malaysia in 1965, it was at the height of communist insurgency in South East Asia and Singapore had no defence system, but it survived. No one attacked Singapore, not even the communists,” argued Voon.

He said Singapore lies on a lucrative shipping route where ships from the East to Indian Ocean and Africa passed through, and with such a strategic position, still no foreign power had occupied or invaded Singapore.

He also cited Brunei, a small country like Singapore, which had no submarines and their defence was known to be weak, yet no foreign power had attacked Brunei until now.

“Malaysia’s defence is also porous with a submarine that could not submerge and with only four working fighter jets, no foreign power is thinking of attacking Malaysia.

“China is the most powerful country in this region, but it never wished to go to war. In fact, it never did,” Voon pointed out.

As for Japan, he said by its constitution, it was not allowed to mobilise its army for any military aggression, except for defence only.

Whereas if (North) Korea were to attack Sarawak, Voon added, this would give an excuse for the US to destroy its leader, Kim Jong Un.

“Indonesia will not likely do it too because the Dayaks in Kalimatan will not be happy on the reason that the Dayaks here (in Sarawak) have close rapport with them,” he said.

Voon added that when Israel was attacked by the Arabs when their land was returned to their people, the US and other nations came to their rescue. And when Kuwait was

attacked by Iraq, UN took immediate action and launched ‘Operation Desert Storm’ to liberate Kuwait.

“Therefore, the world wants peace, and the UN will monitor all unrest caused by external aggression, except civil conflicts within the nation.

“Most important is that the Malaysia Agreement 1963 (MA63) is registered with the UN, and it has a political obligation to see conflicts should be resolved in the interest of the security of the region.

“The British still has a political responsibility to see security in our region is secured because we were once its colony and Britain should know their political responsibilities of making an invalid MA63,” Voon assured.

Source: DayakDaily

After the video went viral, many people had scare members to the public and members of Parti Bumi to say it is a sedition and treason to seek independence.

I wish to clarify as a lawyer that, there is nothing seditious and nothing a treason to peacefully and by lawful means, to speak and to seek independence. People in authority could not simply abuse the law to arrest and threaten any citizen who are acting within the law. If this is done, people will not be happy. Such an abuse can also lead to the fall of the government.

Lawyers, law professors and activists had in past many years been speaking about freedom and right to independence. There is also a right to freedom of speech under the federal constitution

To seek independence by lawful and peaceful means could not also be branded as traitors too.

This is protected under domestic and international laws.

Article 10 of the Constitution of Malaysia guarantees Malaysian citizens the right to freedom of speech, freedom of assembly and freedom of association. I hope this is clear to all citizens.

Citizens may need to know unlike Thailand, Malaysia does not have lese majeste laws, which criminalises offences against the monarch.

This is because the Federal Constitution is clear that we are a constitutional monarchy and treason is not an offence in the law books. No one has ever been charged with such a crime because it does not exist.

On law of treason, one can only be charged with waging war against the King and Rulers under Section 121 of the Penal Code. How could it be a waging of war against the King if no weapons or firearms are used? This is quite a common sense thing in which could be understood by all law abiding citizens.

Likewise The Firearms (Increased Penalties) Act 1971, which criminalises the use of firearms illegally could not be used against citizens who speak and ask for freedom and independence if no ams are used.

In the 1960s people resorted to arms to oppose Malaysia Proposal and the way the did this was not correct under the law. For that reason, many were arrested under the Internal Security Act 1960 (ISA). There is no more ISA now because ISA had been abolished by the government.

Security Offences (Special Measures)Act 1971 (in short, SOSMA), a replacement for ISA is a law which governs the procedures relating to the arrest, temporary detention, investigation and trial of an individual in place of the Criminal Procedure Code (CPC) in cases relating to offenses against the state, offences relating to terrorism, organised crime and human trafficking. The law could also not be used against any activists or citizens who speak and seek independence with lawful means and without weapon.

If it is seditious and treason, then Tunku Abdul Rahman, David Marshall and Lee Kuan Yew should have been arrested by the British for seeking independence from the Queen of England when they went to UK before MALAYSIA came into being. It was very easy for them to be arrested because they were in British soils at that time.

Instead, upon Tunku Abdul Rahman's request, Malaya was granted independence in 1957.

David Marshall and Lee Kuan Yew's request for independence before the formation of Malaysia in 1963 was turned down by the Queen because the British government wanted to hand Singapore and other British territories in Borneo (Brunei, Sabah and Sarawak) to form Malaya.

The law of sedition and treason were enacted by the British and been adopted by Malaysia after Malaysia gained independence in 1957. Then why Lee Kuan Yew was not arrested by Malaya when Lee Kuan Yew was seeking independence from Malaysia? Lee Kuan Yew then became prime minister of an independent Singapore in 1965 after Singapore left Malaysia. Now, Lee Hsien Loong is the Prime minister of Singapore why Malaysia had not arrested him?

Those who are against independence for Sarawak should in fact be accused as traitors for not pursuing and protecting the intrinsic right of Sarawak to gain independence. The right to independence is allowed under international law.

Voon Lee Shan

President,

Parti Bumi Kenyalang

Source: Parti Bumi Kenyalang

Jika kerajaan persekutuan masih ingin menganak-tirikan Sabah jangan hairan sekiranya ada rakyat yang bangkit menuntut mendesak Sabah keluar dari Malaysia.

Datuk Mohd Azis Jamman (Warisan-Sepanggar) berkata, ketika ini suara-suara mendesak keluar Malaysia semakin lantang disuarakan di Sabah dan Sarawak. Malah, baru-baru ini ada video menunjukkkan konvoi ‘Sarawak keluar Malaysia’ diadakan di Sarawak.

“Setelah lebih 58 tahun Malaysia dibentuk, kerajaan masih ingin menipu dan menganaktirikan Sabah. Jangan pandang mudah kerana jika layanan buruk Putrajaya terhadap MA63 berterusan, jangan salahkan kami jika gerakan memerdekakan Sabah dari penjajahan Putrajaya semakin lantang.

“Kami bermula dari Pertubuhan Bangsa-Bangsa Bersatu (PBB) maka, kami juga mengakhiri perjuangan tentang MA63 ini dengan PBB,” katanya semasa perbahasan Bajet 2022, di sidang Parlimen hari ini.

Source: Borneo Today