Скачать или смотреть Session 1: Status of Negotiation on MA63 - YB Datuk Seri Panglima Dr Jeffrey G. Kitingan

The Borneo States Symposium - The Dreams and Visions of the Peoples of the Borneo States
Date: 27 July 2024
Venue: Borneo Cultures Museum Auditorium, Kuching
Organizer: The Sarawak Initiatives and Sabah Action Body Advocating Rights

Speaker 1: Status of Negotiation on MA63- YB Datuk Seri Panglima Dr Jeffrey G. Kitingan

Datuk Dr. Jeffrey G. Kitingan, Chairman and Founder of the Borneo Heritage Foundation is also the President of the Borneo Dayak Forum, an NGO for the Indigenous Peoples of Borneo. He is the President of Party Solidariti Tanah Airku (STAR) and a State elected Law Maker of Bingkor, Keningau.

A strong advocate for Borneo States' rights, Dr. Jeffrey was once detained under the Draconian Internal Security Act (ISA) of Malaysia for about 3 years for questioning the Federal Government about the 20 points and the Malaysia Agreement and accused of secession. Always a controversial activist turned politician, Dr. Jeffrey has written several controversial books on Malaysia such as the Twenty Points – Basis for Federal State Relations, Justice for Sabah, and Political Stability and Economic Development in Malaysia.

Dr. Jeffrey is a Harvard Graduate who holds a PHD and Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy (MALD) from Fletcher of Law and International Relations and MPA from the Kennedy School of Government after having graduated with Bachelor of Business from Curtin University of Western Australia.

Dr. Jeffrey was the former Director of the Sabah Foundation who founded the Institute for Development Studies Sabah (IDS) and was President of The Asia Pacific Timber Traders Organisation (ATTO) and South East Asia Lumber Producers and Association (SEALPA).

He is currently the President of the People Development Foundation, where he developed the Dependency Theory and the concept of People Development as a tool for Human Resource development political stability and economic development.