Well, here are the 20 points which was agreed upon by Sabahan leaders to form the Malaysia Federation together with Sarawak, Singapore and Malaya. You can refer this from wikipedia in case you don’t believe me.
1. RELIGION – While there was no objection to Islam being the national religion of Malaysia there should be no State religion in North Borneo, and the provisions relating to Islam in the present Constitution of Malaya should not apply to North Borneo.
2. LANGUAGE – Malay should be the national language of the Federation. English should continue to be used for a period of 10 years after Malaysia Day. English should be an official language of North Borneo for all purposes, State or Federal, without limitation of time.
3. CONSTITUTION – Whilst accepting that the present Constitution of the Federation of Malaya should form the basis of the Constitution of Malaysia, the Constitution of Malaysia should be a completely new document drafted and agreed in the light of a free association of states and should not be a series of amendments to a Constitution drafted and agreed by different states in totally different circumstances. A new Constitution for North Borneo (Sabah) was of course essential.
4. HEAD OF FEDERATION – The Head of State in North Borneo should not be eligible for election as Head of the Federation.
5. NAME OF FEDERATION – “Malaysia” but not “Melayu Raya”
6. IMMIGRATION – Control over immigration into any part of Malaysia from outside should rest with the Central Government but entry into North Borneo should also require the approval of the State Government. The Federal Government should not be able to veto the entry of persons into North Borneo for State Government purposes except on strictly security grounds. North Borneo should have unfettered control over the movements of persons other than those in Federal Government employ from other parts of Malaysia into North Borneo.
7. RIGHT OF SECCESION – There should be no right to secede from the Federation.
8. BORNEONISATION – Borneanisation of the public service should proceed as quickly as possible.
9. BRITISH OFFICERS – Every effort should be made to encourage British Officers to remain in the public service until their places can be taken by suitably qualified people from North Borneo.
10. CITIZENSHIP – The recommendation in paragraph 148(k) of the Report of the Cobbold Commission should govern the citizenship rights in the Federation of North Borneo subject to the following amendments:
a) sub-paragraph (i) should not contain the proviso as to five years residence
b) in order to tie up with our law, sub-paragraph (ii)(a) should read “7 out of 10 years” instead of “8 out of 10 years”
c) sub-paragraph (iii) should not contain any restriction tied to the citizenship of parents – a person born in North Borneo after Malaysia must be federal citizen.
11. TARIFFS AND FINANCE – North Borneo should retain control of its own finance, development and tariff, and should have the right to work up its own taxation and to raise loans on its own credit.
12. SPECIAL POSITION OF INDIGINEOUS RACES – In principle, the indigenous races of North Borneo should enjoy special rights analogous to those enjoyed by Malays in Malaya, but the present Malays’ formula in this regard is not necessarily applicable in North Borneo.
13. STATE GOVERNMENT – The Prime Minister should be elected by unofficial members of Legislative Council. There should be a proper Ministerial system in North Borneo.
14. TRANSITIONAL PERIOD – This should be seven years and during such period legislative power must be left with the State of North Borneo by the Constitution and not be merely delegated to the State Government by the Federal Government.
15. EDUCATION – The existing educational system of North Borneo should be maintained and for this reason it should be under state control.
16. CONSTITUTIONAL SAFEGUARDS – No amendment modification or withdrawal of any special safeguard granted to North Borneo should be made by the Central Government without the positive concurrence of the Government of the State of North Borneo
The power of amending the Constitution of the State of North Borneo should belong exclusively to the people in the state. (Note: The United Party, The Democratic Party and the Pasok Momogun Party considered that a three-fourth majority would be required in order to effect any amendment to the Federal and State Constitutions whereas the UNKO and USNO considered a two-thirds majority would be sufficient)
17. REPRESENTATION IN FEDERAL PARLIAMENT – This should take account not only of the population of North Borneo but also of its seize and potentialities and in any case should not be less than that of Singapore.
18. NAME OF THE HEAD OF STATE – Yang di-Pertua Negara.
19. NAME OF STATE – Sabah.
20. LAND, FORESTS, LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ETC. - The provisions in the Constitution of the Federation in respect of the powers of the National Land Council should not apply in North Borneo. Likewise, the National Council for Local Government should not apply in North Borneo.
2 June , 2008 at 5:26 am
I’ve just realized what it is to be a SABAHAN… That is to know our rights as sabahans… G Thanks Ray!
2 June , 2008 at 10:33 am
Fui!!!!!nota Hubungan Etnik ka nie.hahaha…..according to Nordie Achie,actually sebelum our government leaders agreed on this 20 points,d sabahan leaders sebenarnya tuntut more then dat dis…..but finally semua pihak agreed on 20 sajalar…kenot tamak ba…hurm, n just to ambil hati sabahans,the first perasmian thingy dilaksanakan di Kota Kinabalu,yg diketuai oleh dat guy(i lupa his name) who is apparently my neighbor’s grandfather.funny jugalar..hurm,too much info..hahaha..well,yup!!!Lets celebrate our rights as SABAHANS!!!!!!!
2 June , 2008 at 2:30 pm
There’s no point to celebrate this “rights” because no one care about it and most of it have been put aside except things like Name of state and all.
4 June , 2008 at 4:31 pm
http://lionel.weblogs.us/2005/09/05/whose-merdeka-is-it-anyway/
are we still being colonised?
4 June , 2008 at 10:25 pm
*sibuk salin nota* :p
15 May , 2009 at 10:47 am
I don’t understand brengie’s thoughts but I want to say that no matter what the circumstances are, the 20 Points Agreement is still valid. It was the reason why Sabah joined the Federation of Malaysia and will always be. Perhaps it was not a matter of greed or else but the thought that one day the indigenous races of Sabah would be supplanted by immigrants – and perhaps would be lost in oblivion. Look closely at the 20 Points and you will notice that the State Govt has full control over the State’s finance and over its education policy. Moreover, Federal law is not always applicable in Sabah so long as the State Govt refuses to accept. But what now? I don’t want to blame anybody but I say we are a bit under subtle control from leaders across the sea. Up to you… You love to be under their yokes, so be it. Let me refresh your mind: anybody remember about the oil royalty? 95-5 quota. 95 for them and 5 for us. During the Abdullah Badawi’s admin, some Sabah leaders voiced their request so that Sabah should be given a larger quota say 20% but I heard Abdullah said it himself in TV news that he couldn’t and wouldn’t it. And at that, he kept his word while allowing illegal immigrants to flood Sabah and supplant the indigenous races who came to Sabah thousands of years earlier. Corruption spread within his cabinet and Sabah became the resource for their corporates to suck until our lands that our warrior forefathers tilled grow dry (who knows when). Anyway, I bluff too much. The rakyat hold the power; the rakyat is indeed the real government and we could change everything if we open our eyes.
21 March , 2010 at 3:59 am
i was starting to sense i could possibly end up being the only guy who thought about this, at the least currently i know im not weird
i will make it a point to check out various several other posts soon after i get a bit of caffeine in me, it’s challenging to read without my coffee, I was unbelivably late last evening playing facebook poker and after downing a few ales i ended up giving up all my facebook poker chips adios for now 
6 August , 2010 at 2:54 pm
To all teachers out there, please teach your students in Sabah about these 20 points. If you are a Sabahan and don’t instill these in Sabahan students’ mind, you are a sinner!
29 October , 2010 at 8:10 pm
We should start pressing the federal government to restore our rights and to respect and implement the 20-points agreement. Sabah for Sabahan.