Update on North Borneo Dispute Analysis

Though I don't expect to have readers, I would still like to make a small update/announcement regarding the North Borneo Dispute issue.

I hope to one day to write-up my full analysis, however that won't be anytime soon. However, I will inform that recently I have various recent significant findings on this issue. The analysis will include more transcripts and translation of agreements written in Jawi Malay. Apparently the 1878 agreements has to documents. The 1878 agreement between Overbeck and Sultan of Sulu in my post titled ‘Transcript and Translation to 22 January 1878 Agreement Signed by Sultan Jamal-ul-Azam of Sulu appointing Baron de Overbeck’ was the Surat Kuasa (letter of appointment), not the Surat Perjanjian (agreement letter), which would include information on the transaction. Overbeck's agreement with Sultan of Brunei in 1877 has a similar format: One Surat Kuasa, but multiple Surat Perjanjian. My future write-up will also include legal agreements prior to 1877 Overbeck-Brunei agreement, which is an American lease of Sabah with Sultan of Brunei, as well as legal documents after the 1878 Overbeck-Sulu agreement.

I also want to point out a misinterpretation in my post titled ‘North Borneo Dispute - Analysis on 1878 and 1903 Treaties’. The term “Menyewakan” (root word “sewa”; translates to “rent out” or “lease”) that is found in the 1878 agreement does not refer to the nature of the agreement. It refers to that Overbeck is allowed to rent out the territories foreign nationalaties.