Part-Suluk Cynthia Ong shares her thoughts on the clashes in her hometown of Sabah and the negative criticisms being yielded at the Suluk community since the attacks.
Read Cynthia's full letter below or visit http://www.malaysiakini.com/letters/223016
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A Suluk-Sabahan's perspective by Cynthia Ong
Mar 5, 2013 I considered being silent so as not to add to the noise. My loyalty to my ancestry calls me to speak. I speak as a Sabahan, a Malaysian, a South-East Asian, and a proud bearer of Suluk ancestry.
My pure Suluk maternal great-grandfather came to British North Borneo in the late 1800s. He was adopted by Sir William Pryer and his wife Ada, and became a key person in the administration.
This was likely the reason he was beheaded by the Japanese during World War II, and along with him, two sons and three sons-in-law including my grandfather who were involved in the liberation movement in some way. The women buried their dead men and somehow survived to raise the childre... |
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