Did Singapore ask to leave Malaysia of its own accord or was it forced out against its will? Fifty years after Singapore’s separation from Malaysia, the question is still moot. This review of the events leading to the separation seeks…
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KUALA LUMPUR, March 30 — Singapore’s expulsion in 1965 prevented Lee Kuan Yew from continuing to press for a “Malaysian Malaysia” and allowed Malay ultras headed by Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad to depose Tunku Abdul Rahman, Datuk Zaid Ibrahim asserted…
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DO YOU AGREE WITH THE AUTHOR WHO BLAMED HIS MALAY ANCESTORS FOR MALAYSIAN-SINGAPORE SEPARATION? SHOULD WE BLAME OUR ANCESTORS? OR SHOULD WE BLAME BOTH SINGAPORE AND MALAYSIA FOR THE SEPARATION? On Aug 7, 1965, both parties signed the separation agreement….
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