The wording itself betrays the land-grabbing intention. The British knew for a fact that the land was leased from the Sultan of Sulu. Parliamentary proceedings were clear that Britain did not own North Borneo.
Ed arum ya salita, ginamgam da so dalin ya gawa na Pilipinas lapu lantid say Sulu et nipadalem la ed Ripublika na Pilipinas ya abirbir so kawayangan to nen Hulyo 4, 1946.
Inbana day cession order ed bulan na Hulyo ta niyanak lad dia so tatawagen ya Ripublika na Pilipinas.
Sayan ginawa na United Kingdom so sangkabalgan ya andi-katunongan laban ed Sulu tan ed saray Pilipino.
What the UK did was illegal as Francis Burton Harrison said because it did not consult the parties involved.
The US did not do anything to push for the claim because it did not want to tackle the issue with a close ally, a fellow imperialist, its own mother. The US is a party to this great injustice to the people of Sulu and to the Filipino people.
Sabah et gawa na Sultan na Sulu anggad natan.
Anggapoy kanepegan na UK ya gamgamen so dalin ya ag to gawa.
Insan to inyalis so titulo ed Federation of Malaya, tan Federation of Malaysia.
Now, the Malaysian "squatters," the latter term coming from Leon Ma. Guerrero, are acting like the British imperialists, landgrabbers.
Now the theory of effective occupation can be thrown out because the very basis of it is the illegal cession order.
Their Queen must and should own up this grave abuse of power disregarding the rule of law at a time when colonialism and territorial aggrandizement were seen as anathema to peace.
The Atlantic Charter signed between Roosevelt and Churchill in August 1941 stated explicitly that both countries "seek no aggrandissement, territorial or other." UK was signatory to the UN Charter in June 1945.
A year after, in 1946, the North Borneo Cession Order was born contrary to the spirit of the Atlantic and the UN charter.
Hypocrisy!
It is the greatest injustice to the Sulu people and the Filipino people that must be resolved now!
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