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Why Malayan Union Was Objected
Why Malayan Union Was Objected
Why Malayan Union Was Objected
There are five main reasons why malays rejected Malayan Union.
1. Malays were against liberal citizenship.
2. The position of the Malay
3. Malays faced competition
4. High-handed and arbitrary manner of introduction
5. From the former British administrators
Malayan Union
The Sultans, the traditional rulers of the Malay states, conceded all their powers to the British
Crown except in religious matters. The Malayan Union was placed under the jurisdiction of a
British Governor, signalling the formal inauguration of British colonial rule in the Malay
peninsula. Moreover, even though State Councils were still kept functioning in the former
Federated Malay States, it lost the limited autonomy that they enjoyed as they administered some
local and less important aspects of government and the Federal government in Kuala
Lumpur controlling vital aspects. State Councils became an extended hand of the Federal
government that had to do its bidding. Also, British Residents replacing the Sultans as the head
of the State Councils meant that the political status of the Sultans were greatly reduced.