In later life, Tun Datu Mustapha Datu Harun may have been a very controversial figure in Sabah's politics, but he will always be remembered as one of the leaders who paved the way for independence for the state once called the Colony of North Borneo, and the birth of a new federation called Malaysia.
AFTER more than four decades, Dayang Maimunah Tun Mustapha can still vividly recall the events in the early morning of Sept 16, 1963.
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