page_title: Keningau Oath Stone
section_title: Oath stone unveiled
hierarchical_section_title: Keningau Oath Stone / History / Oath stone unveiled
caption_attribution_description: English: Fuad Stephens officiating the Keningau Oath Stone in Keningau, an important agreement remembrance that has been promised between Sabahans and the Malaysian federal government.
context_page_description: The Keningau Oath Stone is a monument in Keningau, Sabah erected to commemorate the terms in which the former British Crown Colony of North Borneo joined the former colony of Sarawak and the other states of the Federation of Malaya to form Malaysia.
context_section_description: The Keningau Oath Stone was unveiled and officiated on 31 August 1964 at the compound of the old Keningau District Office. The event was officiated by the Federal Minister of Labour, V. Manickavasagam, and witnessed by state officials and community leaders including the Chief Minister, Donald Stephens of the United National Kadazan Organisation, G. S. Sundang, Ajamain Duraman the Chief of Police in Keningau, and other traditional native chiefs.
  A maningolig ritual with an animal sacrifice by a bobolian (traditional priest) was held in accordance with the traditional beliefs of the Dusun people to bind the guarantees.
caption: Donald Stephens officiating the oath stone on 31 August 1964, an important agreement remembrance that has been promised between Sabahans and the Malaysian federal government.
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