“They have regarded themselves as exercising a trust on behalf of the people of Sarawak to whom the country belongs. Rajah Sir Charles Vyner Brooke, however, has sought to cede Sarawak to the British Crown by employing the 1941 Constitution to his own advantage.
“There was no justice in this act, which constitutes a breach of faith with the people. Furthermore, Sir Charles Vyner Brooke had no power whatever to offer cession. The Constitution was never devised for such a purpose, but was enacted to advance the welfare and progress of the people.
“The acceptance by His Majesty’s Government of such a cession from Sir Charles Vyner Brooke, which purports to make Sarawak a British colony, is not valid, and such an act is not only inconsistent with the Constitution but it was also a breach of international law. The indigenous people throughout the entire country reject this act of cession.
“The vote of native communities at the State Council meeting recently held to discuss the cession proposal accurately reflected the attitude of the people, that is to say, the cession was no agreed to by the majority of the people.
“We respectfully request Your Excellency to convey to His Majesty’s Government an expression of the wishes of the indigenous people and their opposition to cession. We trust His Majesty’s Government will give their most careful and just consideration to our request and that they will bring the matter to the notice of His Majesty the King so that he may revoke the cession by the exercise of the powers conferred on him by clause four of the Sarawak Cession Order-in-Council of June 26, 1946, and that His Majesty will thereby restore to Sarawak the independence it has enjoyed hitherto under the protection of the British Crown.
“The right of succession to the Raj of Sarawak, in accordance with the wishes of the people of the country to whom it indisputably belongs, is vested in the heir of the Brooke family, His Highness the Tuan Muda, Bertram Brooke, and his son the Rajah Muda, Anthony Brooke.
" We respectfully sign ourselves
(sd) Abang Haji Abdillah, Datu Patinggi;
(sd) Abang Haji Zaini, Present Malay Nation Union of Sarawak."
Sumber : http://www.angelfire.com/journal/brooke2000/AnthonyStory.html
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