and you know, how low the level of education in Malaysia is?
around 4 years ago, their PM said from the TV:
"... but Malaysia was never conquered!" =)))))
PM of former British COLONY

and people were happy and discussing this news for a month =)))
well, some latest history
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_occupation_of_Malaya

and I'm not even speaking about portugese invasion =)))

but yeah, people believed because PM said this