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Published on: Sunday, March 14, 2021
By: Datuk John Lo
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All too often, we talk, sometimes with sympathy, often with disdain, about refugees in our midst. Do Sabahans know that we are also economic refugees in our own state? Is there a guarantee that our grandchildren will be any different from the poor refugee kids running around, foraging food in garbage dumps? Yes, this can happen if Sabahans continue to ignore losing our economic rights, not having the political courage to address the present heart-breaking trend. Most of last 30 years, politicians have been fighting among themselves, plundering Sabah’s economic assets and cheap selling them to non-Sabahans. The result is we Sabahans already don’t control any significant economic sector. So much so that non-Sabahans also own many Sabahan politicians, under their control and/or are obligated to them. All these, sadly, have happened in last 30 years. So much has been lost, even including our economic souls.