Where is Sabah rightfully belong?
Sabah geographically is not among the Philippines Islands, but on the big island called Borneo. Historically (called North Borneo) it belonged to the Brunei Sultanate but was given as a gift to the Sulu Empire, which was later leased back to the British company based in Brunei. The British became active in the area until WW2 where the Japanese took over, but British regained control of the area after that. It was then placed under administration of the British Military Administration and officially became a British Colony some time later. (I think this is when the Sulu government lost its power over the territory). British continued to rule the place until 1963 when independence was granted and Sabah opted to form Malaysia together with the Malaya Peninsular, Singapore and Sarawak. To date, Philippines occasionally claims right over Sabah (mainly for political reasons). However, it had in those days never and had not intend to exert any slightest power in the administration of the stat
