*Secretary-General, Democratic Action Party*
Your recent rebuke of UPKO President Ewon Benedick was not merely disrespectful — it starkly exposed the colonial relationship that Malayan leaders have imposed on Sabah and Sarawak since the very inception of Malaysia.
Let us speak plainly: Malaysia was not formed through equal partnership. It was constructed and imposed under emergency rule, when both North Borneo and Sarawak were still British colonies with no sovereign capacity, and when Malaya itself was still governed under the remnants of emergency law from the 1948–1960 anti-British independence war.
Even PM Tunku Abdul Rahman himself declared that if Malaya could “gain independence under a state of emergency,” there was no reason it could not take over North Borneo and Sarawak under similar emergency conditions.
From the very beginning, Sabah and Sarawak were absorbed through coercive legal and administrative pressure — and expected to remain compliant dependencies ever since.
Your remarks unfortunately echoed that deep-rooted colonial dynamic. Sabah and Sarawak have never been treated as equal partners in a federation, but as subordinated territories expected to nod obediently while Putrajaya decides their fate.
*Your tone was unmistakable: a master correcting a wayward subordinate. This is the condescension Sabahans and Sarawakians have endured for sixty years under Malayan domination.*
One can only imagine the nausea Ewon must have felt — being lectured by the same political class that systematically denied Sabah its historical and constitutional rights, including the 40% net revenue entitlement. Malayan leaders, including those within PH, had no qualms quietly conniving to dilute, defer, or deny Sabah’s rights.
When Ewon refused to participate in this charade, he did what any leader of integrity should do: he stood up, he spoke out, and he walked away.
That took courage — real courage. Courage to reject the patronising, colonial tone Malayan parties routinely direct at Borneo leaders. Courage to refuse to play the minion. Courage to say no to a federal structure built on exploitation, extraction, and deception dressed up as “federalism.”
*The Prime Minister’s claim that Sabah cannot pursue its 40% entitlement because previous Malayan prime ministers did not activate it is absurd*.
Sabahans have demanded their rights for decades — but under a system where Malaya alone controls the purse and the power, Sabah receives only what the Malayan elite chooses to give, and only when they choose to give it. This is not federalism. It is colonial rule
*This is not partnership. This is not equality. This is colonial subjugation, pure and simple.*
Your dismissal of Ewon’s stance was therefore not just rude — it was emblematic of a deeper structural arrogance embedded in the Malayan political class. An arrogance that assumes Sabah and Sarawak must always remain compliant, grateful, and silent while their resources are extracted and their rights negotiated away.
*But that era is ending.*
Ewon’s decision marks a line in the sand. Sabahans and Sarawakians are no longer prepared to remain subjugated. They will no longer play the role of obedient provinces in a federation built on emergency rule and broken promises.
*Your remarks simply reaffirm the very issue you refuse to acknowledge.*
[11/19, 10:23 PM] Robert Pei 律师 澳� � 墨尔本 贝瑞华 Pei律师澳��墨尔本 Robert: 尊敬的陆兆福先生：
民主行动党秘书长
您最近对沙巴团结党主席伊旺·贝内迪克的斥责并非仅仅是不尊重——它赤裸裸地揭露了马来亚领导人自马来西亚建国之初就强加给沙巴和砂拉越的殖民关系。
让我们直言不讳：马来西亚并非通过平等伙伴关系建立起来的。它是在紧急状态统治下构建和强加的，当时北婆罗洲和砂拉越仍是英国殖民地，没有主权，而马来亚本身也仍在1948年至1960年反英独立战争遗留的紧急状态法的约束下进行统治。
甚至连首相东姑阿都拉曼本人也宣称，如果马来亚能够在“紧急状态下获得独立”，那么它也没有理由不能在类似的紧急状态下接管北婆罗洲和砂拉越。
从一开始，沙巴和砂拉越就被强加于马来亚，遭受了法律和行政上的强制压迫——并被期望从此永远保持顺从的附属地位。
不幸的是，你的言论恰恰反映了这种根深蒂固的殖民主义思维。沙巴和砂拉越从未在联邦中被视为平等伙伴，而是被当作附属领土，任由布城（Putrajaya，马来西亚首都）决定其命运，并被要求唯唯诺诺。
你的语气清晰可辨：一位主人正在纠正一位不听话的下属。这正是沙巴人和砂拉越人在马来亚统治下六十年来所遭受的居高临下的对待。
人们只能想象埃旺（Ewon）当时的感受——被同一批政治精英教训，而正是他们系统性地剥夺了沙巴的历史和宪法权利，包括40%的净收入份额。马来亚领导人，包括希望联盟（PH）内部的那些人，毫不犹豫地暗中勾结，削弱、拖延甚至剥夺沙巴的权利。
当埃旺拒绝参与这场闹剧时，他做了任何一位正直的领导人都应该做的事：他挺身而出，公开表态，然后毅然离去。
这需要勇气——真正的勇气。这种勇气让他敢于拒绝马来亚各政党惯常对婆罗洲领导人摆出的那种居高临下、殖民主义式的姿态。这种勇气让他敢于拒绝甘愿做附庸。这种勇气让他敢于对建立在剥削、掠夺和欺骗之上，却披着“联邦制”外衣的联邦结构说不。
首相声称沙巴无法争取其40%的应得份额，是因为之前的马来亚首相没有启动这项权利，这种说法荒谬至极。
几十年来，沙巴人民一直在争取他们的权利——但在一个马来亚独揽财政和权力的体制下，沙巴只能得到马来亚精英想要给予的东西，而且只能在他们想要给予的时候才能得到。这不是联邦制，这是殖民统治。
这不是伙伴关系，这不是平等，这是赤裸裸的殖民征服。
因此，你对伊旺立场的漠视不仅无礼，更体现了马来亚政治阶层根深蒂固的傲慢。这种傲慢认为，沙巴和砂拉越必须永远保持顺从、感恩和沉默，任由资源被掠夺，权利被蚕食。
但这样的时代即将终结。
伊旺的决定划下了一条界限。沙巴人和砂拉越人不再甘愿受人奴役。他们不会再扮演一个建立在紧急状态和背信弃义之上的联邦中唯命是从的省份。
你的言论恰恰印证了你拒绝承认的问题。
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