Item Description: | Summary - In celebrating the 50th anniversary of the formation of Malaysia, this book provides a timely and useful study of the constitutional rights of Sabah and Sarawak. It traces the early European interest in South East Asia, the influence of the Sulu and Brunei Sultanates over the Borneo lsland and the various treaties between the Sulu or Brunei Sultanates and individual English traders or bounty seekers conferring interest or title to the vast territorial areas in Borneo, as well as the influence of the North Borneo Trading Company up to the time North Borneo and Sarawak became Crown Colonies and the genesis of Malaysia |