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Partners on Paper: What 1963 Actually Promised
Which sources back which section of this article, and what its evidence base looks like.
Which sources back which section
| Section | Sources behind it |
|---|---|
| What It Is | The Malaysia Agreement; the IGC Report; the Cobbold Report; the Federal Constitution; Act A1642; Dewan Rakyat reports of 1976, 2019 and 2021 and the Dewan Negara report of 2021; the Parliament of Malaysia; Wong Chin Huat, Malaysiakini; the 2025 judgment as published by eLaw; The Edge; The Vibes (stay, AGC, the September announcement); Bernama in Media Selangor; DayakDaily (2026); The Borneo Post in Malay Mail |
| Timeline | The founding texts and the Constitution’s reprint notes; Dewan Rakyat reports of 1976, 2009, 2019 and 2021 and the Dewan Negara report of 2021; the Parliament of Malaysia; Wong Chin Huat, Malaysiakini; DayakDaily (2024); the 2025 judgment; The Edge; The Vibes (stay, September announcement, Election Commission); Daily Express; Bernama in The Star; The Borneo Post in Malay Mail |
| The Argument | The Cobbold Report; the Dewan Rakyat report of 14 December 2021; Wong Chin Huat, Malaysiakini; Andrew Harding; DayakDaily (2026) |
| What Others Add | The Malaysia Agreement; the IGC Report; the Cobbold Report; the Federal Constitution; Act A1642; the Parliament of Malaysia; Andrew Harding; Free Malaysia Today (2017 and 2026); DayakDaily (2024); The Edge; The Vibes (AGC); Bernama in The Star; Arfa Yunus and Tarrence Tan, The Star |
| Conclusion | The Malaysia Agreement; the IGC Report; the Cobbold Report; the Federal Constitution; Act A1642; the Dewan Rakyat report of 2009; The Edge; Daily Express; Bernama in The Star; The Vibes (September announcement); Bernama in Media Selangor; Arfa Yunus and Tarrence Tan, The Star; The Borneo Post in Malay Mail; Free Malaysia Today (2026) |
What the evidence base looks like
- 28Sources behind this article
- 27Read in full
- 1A judgment read only at its published opening
- 12Primary state documents: treaty, reports, constitution, Act, Hansard, judgment
| What the source is | How many | How they were read |
|---|---|---|
| State documents — the treaty, the two 1962–63 reports, the Constitution, Act A1642, five Hansards, Parliament’s own page, the 2025 judgment | 12 | Eleven in full, the two reports through a proofread transcription of the published scans; the judgment at its published opening only |
| Scholarship and analysis | 2 | Both in full |
| News reporting, including agency copy | 14 | All in full |
Reliable
Reliable, but with an interestWorth believing and reliableWeak on both, and used with careHonest, but thin
Worth believing