Anang baka tebu, manis ba pun tang tabar ba ujung. (Do not be like the sugar cane, sweet at the beginning but tasteless at the end),” Tun Temenggong Jugah Barieng reminded the people before the formation of Malaysia on September 16, 1963.
The late Tun Jugah, the Iban paramount leader, was one of the founding fathers of the Federation of Malaysia consisting of Malaya, North Borneo (Sabah), Sarawak and Singapore.
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