Historical grievances behind negative Sabah, Sarawak sentiments, says analyst

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Sabahans and Sarawakians believe a lot of the resources, including oil and gas, taken from the two states helped towards development projects in the peninsula. (AFP pic)PETALING JAYA: Historical grievances and development gaps are the main reasons why the notion of “Sabah for Sabahans, Sarawak for Sarawakians” still exists 58 years after the formation of Malaysia in 1963.James Chin of the University of Tasmania’s Asia Institute during a panel discussion on the political dynamics in Sabah, Sarawak and the peninsula said: “Too many things have gone wrong and too many promises made were not kept.”In the forum that was jointly organised by Zubedy and Taylor’s University, Chin added that the negative sentiment on the ground was also due to many still feeling left out of mainstream development.Sabahans and Sarawakians also held the view that a lot of the resources that had been take…