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Philippinewill try to annex Sabah from Malaysia

MANILA - President Aquino has maintained the Philippines will not drop its claim over Sabah, but that there are factors to consider before making moves to press for it.

In a portion of a transcript of an interview by journalist Raissa Robles on the Sabah issue, the President said giving up Sabah would “open such a big can of worms in this country.”

He said Justice Secretary Leila de Lima did a study on the matter and “one of the biggest issues there is the right of self-determination which, I understand, is part of the United Nations Charter.”

“It’s supposed to trump everything, whether historical fact, et cetera. At the end of the day, people who are living there, if they are asked, will they say they want to join us or they want to join Malaysia? There was supposed to have been a vote done,” Aquino said.

The Philippines maintains a territorial claim over eastern Sabah (formerly known as North Borneo ) by saying the agreement signed in 1878 between the Sultan of Sulu and the North Borneo Chartered Co. was merely a lease and did not strip the country of its sovereignty over the area.

But Malaysia considers the Sabah dispute as a “non-issue” as it interprets the 1878 agreement as that of cession and deems that residents of Sabah had exercised their right to self-determination when they joined to form the Malayan Federation in 1963.

Aquino also said he would not open himself up to “such a juicy item for all of the media to pounce on.”

“To anybody who has entertained this idea that that was possible, that really smacks so much of your rationality,” he said.

Aquino said he would be able to decide what to do “after I’m presented with a very good case.”

“But it goes back to that enshrined right of self-determination. They will have to be asked where they want to go. And I am told that previously there had already been a plebiscite done, to which they said they wanted to join the Malayan Federation,” he said.

http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/05/17/15/pnoy-ph-wont-give-sabah-claim

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Malaysia does not recognise and will not entertain any claims on Sabah, said Foreign Minister Anifah Aman.

In a statement today, he said Sabah was recognised by the United Nations and the international community as part of Malaysia since Sept 16, 1963.

"The government of Malaysia reiterates its position that Malaysia does not recognise and will not entertain any claims by any party on Sabah," he said.

He said the ministry had summoned Philippine charge d'affaires Medardo G Macaraig on May 19 over the remarks made by Philippine President Benigno S Aquino III on the republic's claim on Sabah in an interview on May 15.

In the interview, Aquino had maintained that the Philippines would not drop its claim over Sabah and that there were factors to consider before making moves to press for it.

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/malaysia-summons/1869118.html

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Prime minister David Cameron needs to come out and make things clear. Sabah is given to us by the British and Philippine should keep their butt out. I hope China wipe these expansionist bastards clean.