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The ''Sarawak Sovereignty Movement'' or ''SSM'' is an apolitical which was officially launched in
Kuching Kuching (), officially the City of Kuching, is the capital and the most populous city in the States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Sarawak in Malaysia. It is also the capital of Kuching Division. The city is on the Sarawak River ...
, Sarawak on 13 April 2013. ''Sarawak Sovereignty Movement'' spokesman Dato Morshidi Abdul Rahman said that the people had "had enough of the lop-sided development between the
peninsula A peninsula (; ) is a landform that extends from a mainland and is surrounded by water on most, but not all of its borders. A peninsula is also sometimes defined as a piece of land bordered by water on three of its sides. Peninsulas exist on all ...
and Sarawak", and that something needed to be done about it. He explained, "We are a civil movement and apolitical. We are not militants or extremists. Sarawak is one of the partners that form Malaysia. The others are Malaya and Sabah. We just want equality of all Sarawakians regardless of their races." The movement believes that the terms and conditions for the formation of Malaysia gave Sarawak,
North Borneo North Borneo (usually known as British North Borneo, also known as the State of North Borneo) was a British Protectorate, British protectorate in the northern part of the island of Borneo, which is present day Sabah. The territory of North Borneo ...
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Malaya Malaya refers to a number of historical and current political entities related to what is currently Peninsular Malaysia in Southeast Asia: Political entities * British Malaya (1826–1957), a loose collection of the British colony of the Straits ...
, and Singapore the status of equal partners in the newly formed Malaysia, in 1963.


Activities

The Sarawak Sovereignty Movement and Borneo Heritage Foundation have co-operated in a series of Sarawak and Sabah Merdeka celebrations. The organisation was also present and involved with various carnivals and events intended to celebrate Malaysia Day in 2013.


See also

* Malaysia Agreement * Malaysia Act 1963 * North Borneo Federation *
18-point agreement The ''18-point agreement'', or the ''18-point memorandum'', was a hypothetical list of 18 points drawn up by Sarawak, proposing terms to form Malaysia, during negotiations prior to the creation of the new federation in 1963. Unlike the properly do ...
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20-point agreement The 20-point agreement, or the 20-point memorandum, is a list of 20 points drawn up by North Borneo, proposing terms for its incorporation into the new federation as the State of Sabah, during negotiations prior to the formation of Malaysia. In t ...
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Kuching Declaration The ''Kuching Declaration'' (Iban language, Iban: ''Jaku penetap Kuching'', Malay language, Malay: ''Perisytiharan Kuching'') is a declaration in English language, English was adopted by the three component parties of the Pakatan Rakyat (i.e. Pa ...


References

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