Malaysia Sulu Sultanate

60 of the population are Bumiputera a term that describes the traditional inhabitants of the country and includes Malays Orang Asli and other indigenous peoples. Kiram stated that their objective was to assert the unresolved territorial claim of the Philippines to the eastern part of Sabah which is the former North Borneo.

Malaysian Army Returning From Sea Patrol In Tanjung Labian Borneo The Sultan S Of Sulu S Ownership Claim Though Peaceful If Not Handled Sabah Guns Lahad Datu

The group calling themselves the Royal Security Forces of the Sultanate of Sulu and North Borneo was sent by Jamalul Kiram III one of the claimants to the throne of the Sultanate of Sulu.

. The Sultanate of Sulu founded in 1457 continues to lay claim to Sabah which it obtained from Brunei as a gift for helping put down a rebellion on Borneo Island. Malaysian Borneo features coastlines on the South China Sea the Sulu Sea and the Celebes Sea. Malaysias population is a mix of three major ethnic groups each with its own heritage culture and tradition.

The British leased Sabah and transferred control over the territory to Malaysia after the end of World War 2. The Malaysia Agreement or the Agreement relating to Malaysia between United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Federation of Malaya North Borneo Sarawak and SingaporeMA63 was the agreement which combined North Borneo Sarawak and Singapore with the existing states of the Federation of Malaya the resulting union being named Malaysia. But the Sultanate said it had merely leased North Borneo in 1878 to the British North Borneo.

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