Sabah was used as farm land by the Japanese for three years during World War II.
"Due to massive destruction in the town of Sandakan since the war, Jesselton was chosen to replace the capital with the Crown continued to rule North Borneo until 1963
The earliest human settlement in Sabah can be traced back to 20,00030,000 years ago along the Darvel Bay area at the Madai-Baturong caves

