Catch us LIVE on The Sarawak Initiatives YouTube channel:-
"Sarawak: Self-determination and the Colonial Overlay" by Dr. Greg Poulgrain and moderated by Prof. Dr. James Chin on 21/6/2023 (Wednesday) at 8:00 pm.
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The Speaker:
Greg Poulgrain is Adjunct Professor of History at the State University of Malang (UM, Indonesia) and Adjunct Fellow Law and Society at the University of the Sunshine Coast (USC Australia). He is the author of The Genesis of Konfrontasi - Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia 1945-65 (SIRD, Kuala Lumpur, 2014)
Topic Summary:
Concerned that the truth “would have a bad effect on public opinion in Sarawak”, the Colonial Office (in the 1950s) resorted to Newspeak saying “the people of Sarawak shall be entrusted in due course with the governance of themselves.” The template for Malaysia was taking shape a decade before it was formed in 1963. Even though different political priorities emerged in the intervening decade – unrest in Singapore, the influence of Indonesia - they did not threaten the original plan but were used to embellish it. The deception culminated in Malaysian Confrontation. This presentation looks at how this was achieved, the benefits accrued and the problems that ensued.
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