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The British, under the private auspices of the East India Company (EIC), were beginning to poke their noses into North Borneo.
Until the end of the 18th century, England had projected little interest in Malaya, though the EIC had made an abortive attempt in 1773 to use North Borneo as a base for its China trade.
Malaysia is divided into two major regions: the peninsula, bordered by Thailand, the Straits of Melaka, and the South China Sea; and East Malaysia, whose two provinces, Sabah and Sawarak, are located on the island of Borneo about 800 km (500 miles) across the South China Sea.
As a counterweight to the Singapore Chinese, he would bring in the North Borneo states of Sabah and Sarawak, granting them special privileges for their indigenous populations and funds for the development of their backward economies.
The truth is that the SAS consists of...men who have fought and died in the western desert, in Borneo, Malaya...