Editing Sabah (section)

=== Portrayal in media ===
[[File:BNB-OfficialGazette-1892-04-16.jpg|thumb|right|Extract from the title page of the British North Borneo Official Gazette (the [[British North Borneo Herald]]) of 16 April 1902.]]
Much of the information of the territory was kept in the records of [[Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society]] (since 1820) and [[British North Borneo Herald]] (since 1883). [[Joseph Hatton]] published one of the earliest book titled "North Borneo – Explorations and Adventures in the Equator" (1886) based on the exploration notes leave by his son Frank Hatton who served under the [[North Borneo Chartered Company]], his son was accidentally killed during his journey in Segama River on North Borneo.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/stream/northborneoexpl01hattgoog#page/n10/mode/2up |title=North Borneo – Explorations and Adventures in the Equator |author1=Frank Hatton |author2=Joseph Hatton |location=New York |publisher=Scribner and Welford |year=1886 |access-date=4 October 2016}}</ref> Ada Pryer wrote a book about her life in North Borneo titled "A Decade in Borneo" (1894, re-issued 2001) as her husband, [[William Burgess Pryer|William Pryer]] also served for the North Borneo Chartered Company.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/decadeinborneo00prye |title=A Decade in Borneo |author=Ada Pryer |location=London |publisher=Hutchinson |year=1894 |access-date=18 September 2016}}</ref> The earliest known footage of North Borneo is from three American movies by [[Martin and Osa Johnson]] titled "Jungle Adventures" (1921), "Jungle Depths of Borneo" (1937) and "Borneo" (1937).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://safarimuseum.com/wab_borneo2004.htm |title=Johnson Family Reunion |publisher=The Martin and Osa Johnson Safari Museum |date=September 2004 |access-date=30 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051218143248/http://safarimuseum.com/wab_borneo2004.htm |archive-date=18 December 2005 }}</ref> Australian author [[Wendy Law Suart]] lived in North Borneo capital between 1949 and 1953 and wrote a book titled "The Lingering Eye – Recollections of North Borneo" based on her experiences there.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dingomedia.co.uk/html/the_lingering_eye.html |title="THE LINGERING EYE" – Recollections of North Borneo |publisher=Dingo Media (United Kingdom) |access-date=1 September 2016}}</ref>

[[File:3CameHomePoster.jpg|thumb|upright|left|[[Three Came Home]], a 1950 Hollywood film based on the memoir of [[Agnes Newton Keith]] life in Sandakan, North Borneo (present-day Sabah) during World War II.<ref name="Three Came Home"/>]]
An English author K.G. Tregonning wrote a book about his travel to Jesselton from Singapore in a book titled "North Borneo" (1960).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.questia.com/library/7397052/north-borneo |title=North Borneo |publisher= |archive-date=3 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161003062051/https://www.questia.com/library/7397052/north-borneo }}</ref> Various other American films have been taken in the state, such as the "[[Three Came Home]]" (1950), a [[Cinema of the United States|Hollywood]] film based on the memoir of [[Agnes Newton Keith]] in her book depicting the situation of World War II in Sandakan.<ref name="Three Came Home"/> Keith also wrote three other books about the state, such as "Land Below the Wind", "White Man Returns" and "Beloved Exiles". A Japanese film called "[[Sandakan No. 8]]" (1974) directed by [[Kei Kumai]] tells the story of prostitution by ''[[Karayuki-san]]'' in Sandakan Japanese brothel based on the 1972 book ''Sandakan Brothel No. 8: An Episode in the History of Lower-Class'' by Yamazaki Tomoko.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Tomoko Yamazaki|author2=Karen F. Colligan-Taylor|title=Sandakan Brothel No.8: Journey into the History of Lower-class Japanese Women: Journey into the History of Lower-class Japanese Women|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vlXrBgAAQBAJ&pg=PR42|date=2015|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-317-46025-1|page=42}}</ref> In the [[Earl Mac Rauch]] novelisation of the American "[[The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension|Buckaroo Banzai]]" novel (Pocket Books, 1984; repr. 2001), as well in the DVD film, [[Buckaroo Banzai (character)|Buckaroo]]'s archenemy Hanoi Xan is said to have his secret base in Sabah, in a "relic city of caves".<ref>{{cite book |author=Earl Mac Rauch |title=The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kddIYWJRpQcC&pg=PA22 |date= 2001 |publisher=Simon and Schuster |isbn=978-0-7434-4248-0 |page=22}}</ref> "[[Bat*21]]" (1988), another American film depicting the [[Vietnam War]] was shot at various locations in the suburbs north of Kota Kinabalu, including [[Menggatal]], [[Telipok]], Kayu Madang and Lapasan.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1988/10/28/danny-glover-flies-new-course-in-bat-21/ |title=Danny Glover Flies New Course In 'Bat 21' |author=Jim Emerson |newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]] |date=28 October 1988 |access-date=30 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160830101655/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1988-10-28/entertainment/8802110222_1_bat-viet-cong-danny-glover |archive-date=30 August 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> Another English author [[Redmond O'Hanlon]] also wrote a book titled "Into the Heart of Borneo" (1984) about Borneo island.<ref>{{cite book |author=Redmond O'Hanlon |title=Into the Heart of Borneo |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pjj0LUQ6Ln4C |year= 2005 |publisher=Penguin Books Limited |isbn=978-0-14-193590-4}}</ref> While Sydney-based Australian author Lynette Ramsay Silver wrote two books about the history of Sabah such as "Sandakan – A Conspiracy of Silence" (1998) and "Blood Brothers – Sabah and Australia 1942–1945" (2010). In early 2016, a "Roll of Honour" immortalising 2,479 British and Australian soldiers who died in Sabah during the World War II has been presented by a British [[Royal Artillery]] veteran to Sabah State Tourism, Culture and Environment Department, the roll lists a record of the identity of every [[prisoner of war]] (POW) during the [[Sandakan Death March]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.theborneopost.com/2016/03/10/british-veteran-presents-roll-of-honour-to-sabah/ |title=British veteran presents Roll of Honour to Sabah |author=Murib Morpi |newspaper=The Borneo Post |date=10 March 2016 |access-date=4 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161004053814/http://www.theborneopost.com/2016/03/10/british-veteran-presents-roll-of-honour-to-sabah/ |archive-date=4 October 2016 }}</ref> In 2017, an English woman named Mary Christina Lewin (Tina Rimmer) who had lived in North Borneo since 1949,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theborneopost.com/2011/03/16/love-for-sabah-stops-british-woman-from-going-home/ |title=Love for Sabah stops British woman from going home |work=Bernama |publisher=The Borneo Post |date=16 March 2011 |access-date=11 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170611131827/http://www.theborneopost.com/2011/03/16/love-for-sabah-stops-british-woman-from-going-home/ |archive-date=11 June 2017 }}</ref> was given the 'Sabah Cultural Icon' as the first person to receive the award for her lifelong contribution to the people in the territory and her biggest role as educationist and artist who portrayed the life scene of North Borneo through her artworks.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.theborneopost.com/2017/06/11/rimmer-first-sabah-cultural-icon/ |title=Rimmer first Sabah Cultural Icon |newspaper=The Borneo Post |date=11 June 2017 |access-date=11 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170611130904/http://www.theborneopost.com/2017/06/11/rimmer-first-sabah-cultural-icon/ |archive-date=11 June 2017 }}</ref>

Following the beginning of Malaysian films in 1970s along with the foundation of Sabah Film Production, several local films have been produced and filmed in the state by the state production, among those are "Keluarga Si Comat" (1975) and "Hapuslah Air Matamu" (1976) (produced with a collaboration with Indonesian Film Production).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/beritaharian19741222.2.30.3.aspx |title='Keluarga Si Comat' dalam warna-warni mula difilem |trans-title=The 'Comat family' in various colours began to be filmed |author=Aduka |language=ms |work=[[Berita Harian (Singapore)|Berita Harian]] |publisher=[[National Library Board]], Singapore |date=22 December 1974 |access-date=30 August 2016 |page=18}}<br />{{*}} {{cite web |url=http://www.antarasulteng.com/berita/927/film-gerimis-mengundang-pererat-hubungan-ri-malaysia |title=Film "Gerimis Mengundang" Pererat Hubungan RI-Malaysia |trans-title=The "Gerimis Mengundang" Film Strengthens RI-Malaysia Relations |author=Rolex Malaha |language=id |publisher=[[Antara (news agency)|Antara]] |date=1 June 2012 |access-date=30 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160830104652/http://www.antarasulteng.com/berita/927/film-gerimis-mengundang-pererat-hubungan-ri-malaysia |archive-date=30 August 2016 }}<br />{{*}} {{cite news |url=http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2013/08/11/sumbangan-sabah-filem-dalam-industri-filem-di-malaysia/ |title=Sumbangan Sabah Filem dalam industri filem di Malaysia |trans-title=Contributions of Sabah Film in the Malaysian film industry |author=Melati Pusaka |language=ms |work=Free Malaysia Today |date=11 August 2013 |access-date=30 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160830110411/http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2013/08/11/sumbangan-sabah-filem-dalam-industri-filem-di-malaysia/ |archive-date=30 August 2016 }}</ref> Abu Bakar Ellah (popularly known as Ampal) then became the leading artist of Sabah comedy film with his film titled "Orang Kita".<ref>{{cite book |author1=David C. L. Lim |author2=Hiroyuki Yamamoto |title=Film in Contemporary Southeast Asia: Cultural Interpretation and Social Intervention |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8-vGBQAAQBAJ&pg=PT156 |date= 2012 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-136-59246-1 |page=156}}</ref> In the present day, state-produced dramas and documentaries are usually aired either on [[TVi (Malaysia)|TVi]], [[TV1 (Malaysia)|TV1]] or [[TV2 (Malaysia)|TV2]] while state musics aired on radios through Bayu FM, [[Kupi-Kupi FM]], Sabah FM and Sabah vFM. Sabah was featured in the British popular reality show of "[[Survivor: Borneo]]" and the American show of "[[Eco-Challenge]] Borneo" in 2000.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/heat-leeches-and-team-spirit/article1042052/ |title=Heat, leeches and team spirit |author=Patricia Young |newspaper=[[The Globe and Mail]] |date=30 August 2000 |access-date=30 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160830113900/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/heat-leeches-and-team-spirit/article1042052/ |archive-date=30 August 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tv.com/shows/eco-challenge/ |title=Eco-Challenge |publisher=[[TV.com]] |access-date=30 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160830115955/http://www.tv.com/shows/eco-challenge/ |archive-date=30 August 2016 }}</ref> In 2001, the state was featured in a 2001 Filipino documentary titled "Sabah: Ang Bagong Amerika?" by [[Vicky Morales]] on the story of Filipino immigrants from the Sulu Archipelago escaping [[Poverty in the Philippines|poverty and starvation in the Philippines]] by entering Sabah illegally to earn livehood but facing risk being caught, tortured and deported as Malaysian laws are getting strict on illegal migration.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/127676/publicaffairs/sine-totoo-presents-vicky-morales-sabah-ang-bagong-amerika |title=Sine Totoo presents Vicky Morales' "Sabah: Ang Bagong Amerika?" |publisher=[[GMA News]] |date=17 October 2008 |access-date=30 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160830130902/http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/127676/publicaffairs/sine-totoo-presents-vicky-morales-sabah-ang-bagong-amerika |archive-date=30 August 2016 }}</ref> In 2003, the state was featured on "[[The Amazing Race 4|The Amazing Race]]" for the first time as well on a 2009 Hong Kong drama of "[[Born Rich (TV series)|Born Rich]]".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.asiaone.com/News/Latest%2BNews/Showbiz/Story/A1Story20090327-131438.html |title=HK stars in Sabah for shoot |work=New Straits Times |publisher=[[AsiaOne]] |date=27 March 2009 |access-date=23 July 2020}}</ref> The state was also featured in a 2014 American documentary of "[[Sacred Planet]]" and featured again in a new edition of "[[The Amazing Race 24|The Amazing Race]]" as well on a Korean reality show programme titled the "[[Law of the Jungle (TV program)|Law of the Jungle]]", both in 2014.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.malaysiandigest.com/hiburan/485470-onew-shinee-dongjun-ze-a-kini-di-sabah-jalani-penggambaran.html |title=ONEW (Shinee) & Dongjun (ZE:A) Kini di Sabah, Jalani Penggambaran |trans-title=ONEW (Shinee) & Dongjun (ZE: A) Now in Sabah, Do Some Shooting |language=ms |publisher=Malaysian Digest |date=28 January 2014 |access-date=30 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160830122716/http://www.malaysiandigest.com/hiburan/485470-onew-shinee-dongjun-ze-a-kini-di-sabah-jalani-penggambaran.html |archive-date=30 August 2016 |url-status=usurped}}</ref> In early 2017, [[Cinema of Hong Kong|Hong Kong film industry]] once again choose Sabah as one of the location for a new romance film titled "She Will Be Loved".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.newsabahtimes.com.my/nstweb/fullstory/13732 |title=Hong Kong movie production chooses Sabah as filming location |author=Paul Mu |publisher=New Sabah Times |date=24 February 2017 |access-date=30 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170330135314/http://www.newsabahtimes.com.my/nstweb/fullstory/13732 |archive-date=30 March 2017 }}</ref>