Sabah (21st Century Crisis)

Sabah, offiically the Territory of Sabah (Filipino: Teritoryo ng Sabah, Malay: Wilayah Sabah) known as East Sabah (Filipino: Sabah Silangan, Malay: Sabah Timur) is an unincorporated territory of the Philippines, covering the north-eastern parts of Sabah. It borders Malaysian State of Sabah to the west and the Indonesian province of North Kalimantan to the south.

Originally a Malaysian state, the Borneo Partition which occured after the Borneo War from 2008 to 2012, divided Sabah into a Malaysian state and Philippine territory. It gave the Philippines a share of Borneo, and a land border with Indonesia.

Due to disagreements within the Philippine government as to how Sabah would be incorporated, it was labelled as an Autonomous Incorporated Territory. Vice President Jejomar Binay had proposed incorporating with the ARMM, or the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao, however Muhammad Umaruddin, Sabah's Territorial Governer rejected it.

Due to the widespread resistance against Philippine annexation, as well as the devastated economy and social unrest, the Philippine government is currently having proposals of loosening Sabah into a trust territory, giving it back to Malaysia, or eventually just granting it its freedom.