It still hurts


Still waiting: An MA63 rally at Padang Merdeka in Kuching in 2019; such scenes are repeated regularly as Sabah and Sarawak keep pressing for the agreement’s (below) conditions to be met by the Federal Government. — Filepic/The Star

ON Aug 10, 1965, one day after Singapore separated from Malaysia, Sabah's first chief minister Tun Fuad Stephens wrote to its prime minister, the late Lee Kuan Yew, whose English name was Harry. Here’s an excerpt from that very personal missive.

“My dear Harry,

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