KOTA KINABALU: Thirty-three years after being detained for 26 months under the now-repealed Internal Security Act , Datuk Seri Dr Jeffrey Kitingan insists there was never a plot for Sabah to secede from Malaysia.
Kitingan, who is now Sabah STAR president and Sabah Deputy Chief Minister I, said that Dr Mahathir never accepted PBS, led by his brother Tan Sri Joseph Pairin Kitingan, who won in the 1985 state election. "Linking me to the 20 points to secede Sabah is totally wrong," said Jeffrey, who was among seven people arrested for such the said plot.
"I thought this was unfair. So I raised a question on Jan 1, 1987 on how Kuala Lumpur was treating the Sabah government and I asked why Sabah was treated like a colony. "We just showed Kuala Lumpur we were dissatisfied. When we did that, the federal government did not like it," he said."I have no problem with Mahathir... I forgive him. I don't keep anything because if you tie yourself to the past, you will never move forward."I don't take revenge or keep grudges.I let go, I move on," he said.
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