Ex-foreign minister Anifah Aman took the opportunity in his Malaysia Day message to fire shots at the outgoing Parti Warisan Sabah administration and long-time rulers BN, for still answering to masters from the peninsula, he said.

"This is supposed to be a day of celebration for us. Just imagine, Malaysia would not have come to being without us Sabahans as well as our East Malaysian neighbours, the Sarawakians...