Set up RCI
for double six 1976
Come every double six or 6th June in Kota Kinabalu,
we are reminded the most tragic event in Sabah and Malaysia and that has
changed the landscape of Sabah politically, economically, socially, mentally,
emotionally and possibly spiritually in a land once so as to speak “peaceful”.
We also soon lost our wealth in oil and then Labuan, my homeland.
I was in UK since 1974 until 1980 as a self paying
student of ACCA but this event had also change my outlook and possibly my life. I was sort of much devastated on 6th
June, 1976 when I heard over the news that so and so had perished.
I had earlier written to congratulate TunFuad and
his new party for winning the State polls as I had much trouble with the
previous regime. Very surprising in his
very busy schedule in the new Government, Tun Fuad had the time and effort to
reply to me with a letter dated 4th June, 1976 amongst so many
letters he had received as he wrote in his letter. Then I was more surprised that a letter came
to me in London a few days after 6th June, 1976. I treasure that
letter very much and that is still with me as Tun Fuad did offer much hope to
me for a new Government. I did campaign
for a regime change (stigma still with me) in late 1960s to early 1970s.
We all know what had happened on 6th
June, 1976 but until today there is no closure of the case to set the people of
Sabah free. Can any civil court really
make any closure to the case? Maybe
confession of those involved in one way or another would enable an appropriate
closure. We know it may not be easy to
do that except we heard a confession from someone in the recent gay case in
Sandakan soon after its video went viral in the facebook.
Nevertheless, people had come to me with sort of
complete or incomplete stories or information about the double six after I
returned to KK in 1980 but I remained helpless to take it any way except now I
am writing about it.
Most of the people who knew about double six could
be no longer in Sabah but some are still around possibly as very senior
citizens. Would these people act on what
they know?
A former director of civil aviation department once
told me in my office in the 1980s that at the time of the small plane heading
to KK airport someone very senior in the civil service once was at the control
tower (out-of-bound) and that may explain why the arriving plane was delayed in
landing.
So why did the plane possibly with a bomb landed in
shallow water? It would have been
different if it fell in deep water not easily visible. Residents in Sembulan
could reach the crashed site almost instantly.
If it had not been a bomb in the plane how could
the metal portions of the plane be so twisted by sort of excessive force as we
saw the broken plane lying in the shallow water with blood everywhere.
Now try this experiment and throw a similar small
plane from the same height of that doomed plane and see what happen to the
plane.
While we still have some people around with
knowledge of the fatal incident, why not install a Royal Commission of Inquiry for
a proper closure. Even the book titled
“The golden son of the Kadazan” with vivid descriptions of the tragic incident
is banned till today. Why ? Is there
anything to hide?
Is it too late to set up RCI for the double
six? Not so as the very old Bank Negara
case was dealt with an RCI decades after.
It is good for all to have a closure even so late
than never for the holistic healing.
Joshua Y C Kong
20/6/2019
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