Zainnal Ajamain passes away

suppadmin | October 10, 2021

Secretary-General of SUPP, Datuk Sebastian Ting Chiew Yew expressed shocked and saddened to learn of the passing of Encik Zainnal Ajamain this morning.

Ting said Zainnal was truly a dear friend to us and even though he was a Sabahan, he had contributed a lot to Sarawak especially in creating awareness among Sarawakians on the formation of Malaysia, the Malaysia Agreement 1963, the Inter-Governmental Committee (ICG) Report, the Cobbold Commission, the Malaysia Act (Chapter 35) and our state special rights in the Federal Constitution.

“We were indeed very impressed by his vast knowledge on our state’s rights and from the feedbacks we received by those who attended, we should organise more such forums so as to share these important information and facts with our people and create wider awareness amongst our Sarawkians. Therefore, we decided and proceeded to organize several more forums in Kuching, Miri Sibu and Bintulu to promote and create awareness throughout Sarawak.

Ting explained that the late Zainnal first got in contact with SUPP through our Party member Mr Philip Chang of Pending Branch.

“I still vividly remember the first time I met the late Zainnal in November 2015, I asked him on the reason why he got in touch or in contact with our Party SUPP. Why SUPP? He replied and said that he knew the history of SUPP well. It was the fighting spirit of SUPP demanding for independence of Sarawak then, since its formation on 6th June 1959 that attracted him to get in touch with SUPP.

After discussions, we organised and invited Encik Zainnal as the sole speaker for a forum in Kuching on November 22, 2015. The title of the forum was “A Missing Piece of Our History – Setting The Direction For The Borneo States”.

It touched on our state’s safeguards in the Malaysia Agreement 1963 and how Petronas took our oil and gas resources using the emergency power, and others.” he explained.

He said this was in tandem with the call from the late Chief Minister Pehin Sri Adenan Satem to the Federal government to respect the Malaysia Agreement 1963 and return our eroded state rights.

Indeed on the 24th November 2015, the late Zainnal and Philip Chang made a courtesy on our late Tok Nan and spent one hour exchanging their thoughts and views.

Ting said SUPP was fortunate and very grateful that Encik Zainnal agreed to be the guest speaker in all of our forums to help out promoting MA63 and the other three documents throughout Sarawak. Many Sarawakians would agree that some of his ideas were thoughts provoking.

“Perhaps we would like to take this opportunity to thank the public also for all the overwhelm support shown to Encik Zainnal in attending his forum. Sarawak’s autonomy and rights over our natural resources have always been the key concerns to all Sarawakians.

Many Sarawakians may agree with us if we say that we are blessed to have a person like Encik Zainnal who selflessly dedicated some of his time to inform Sarawak of its rights, because before him, no one rarely or ever mentioned about MA63, IGC Report, Cobbold Commission and Malaysia Act 1963 (Chapter 35)

He was never a politician, only a true activist championing the MA63 and the rights of the Borneo States, ‘he added.

This morning, Ting said he called and spoke to Miss Ceilla to convey SUPP Party ‘s and his deepest Condolences to his family members. She is Zainnal’s relative who always accompanied him to Sarawak.

Miss Ceilla told me of the parting words of late Zainnal.. ” Please Be Strong and Continue the Journey to get back all the eroded rights as contained in MA63, he said.

Indeed Sabah and Sarawak, Ting added should be united or must be united to work together and get back our eroded state’s rights and natural resources as enshrined by the Malaysia Agreement 1963 and the Federal Constitution.