ASEAN-IST Flashcards
What was the background of sabah being claimed
1962 june, president macapagal informed britain that the philippines was trying to lay claim to Sabah
1963, when malaysia was formed, the british arranged to grant independance to sabah, sarawak and singapore, i.e transferring sovereignty of these three territories to malaysia
what was the outcome of the tripartite meeting in 1963 between sukarno macapagal and tunku
The meeting agreed to petition the UN to send a commission of enquiry and philippines and indonesia agreed to drop their objection to the formation of malaysia if the commission could establish most of the people in Sabah wanted to join malaysia
What was the UN’s mission report to borneo about
UN general secretary U Thant, found a ‘sizeable majority of the people’ in favour of joining malaysia. Indonesia and the philippines subsequently rejected the reports’ findings.
Why was philippines annoyed at the US in 1962
The USA had refused to release US 73 Million of war damages promised by then president Roosevelt to the philippines. The furious rhetoric towards the UK and malaysia was perhaps meant to demonstrate a less pro-western policy
What was the motivations of philippines to claim sabah
It appeared to be more related to its immediate strategic realities and political priorities of the presidency
The philippines was upset over the british inclusion of sabah into the federation of malaya in 1963, has relined its territorial boundaries to include sabah in september 1968, with the philippine congress published a map showing sabah as part of the philippines.
When was malaysia formed
Malaysia was formed on 16 sept 1963 with malaya, singapore, sabah and sarawak
When was the height of tensions during sabah conflict
1968, where the philippines had allegedly planned for military infiltration into sabah in the corregidor incident
What is the corregidor incident about
The Jabidah massacre on march 18 1968 was the purpoted assassinations or executions of moro army recruits who allegedly mutinied upon learning the true nature of their mission., it is acknowledged as a major flashpoint that ignited the moro insurgency in the philippines
what was the consequence of the corregidor incident
the philippines congress passed a resolution in the same year delineating the boundaries of philippines to include sabah, these events infuriated the malaysians, who suspended diplomatic ties with philippines.
What was the role of ASEAN in the sabah conflict
ASEAN ran into problems during the corregidor affair where there were allegations that corregidor is being used as a base to train muslim insurgents to infiltrate sabah
ASEAN meetings were cancelled til may 1969, and malaysia and philippines suspended diplomatic ties and contact until december 1969 when normal relations finally resumed
When was the macdonald house bombing
10 march 1965, the bombing killed 3 people and injured 33 people. Throughout the period of konfrontasi, 27 bombs hit singapore
Why did indonesia launch konfrontasi
Indonesia has traditionally nursed a sense of superiority over its maritime neighbours given its size population and revolutionary independence heritage. The formation of malaysia also denied indonesia of sabah and sarawak
When did maphilindo end
1963, maphilindo (malaysia philippines indonesia ), a proposed plan to promote regional solidarity by creating a nonpolitical association
When did indonesia conduct airborne missions in peninsula malaysia
By August 1964, the counter infiltration effort was mainky undertaken by commonwealth troops commanded by the british, combining land and naval forces. A state of emergency was declared in malaysia from august to september 1964 to cope with the threat. Bilateral relations were severely affected.
When did konfrontasi end
Konfrontasi eventually subsided with suharto’s rise to power. A new round of peace negotiations between indo and malaysia began in may 1966 and a final peace agreement was signed on 11 august 1966 with indonesia formally recognising malaysia.
