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Walang basehan ang muling kumakalat na paratang ng isang Facebook post na nakipagsabwatan umano si dating senador Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr. sa Malaysia para hadlangan ang balak ng dating Pangulo at diktador na si Ferdinand Marcos Sr. na bawiin ang Sabah noong 1960s.

Noong 2019 pa ang post na ito ng Facebook page na “Bongbong Marcos-Sara Duterte 2022,” subalit kumalat na naman ito noong mga nagdaang linggo at ngayon ay mayroon nang mahigit 276,000 shares, 99,000 na reactions, at 13,000 na komento. 

Bagaman totoong sinubukang bawiin ni Marcos Sr. ang Sabah mula sa Malaysia noong 1960s, walang opisyal na dokumento o record na makakapagpatunay na nabigo siya dahil nakipagsabwatan umano si Aquino sa Malaysia.

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