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During the Japanese Occupation of Malaya, control of the State of Kedah was given to Thailand by the Japanese. The State of Kedah was called Syburi under its Thai ruling.


People born in Syburi are considered subjects of the King of Thailand, thus, people who were born there and are now living in the state of Kedah are permitted to purchase land and live in Thailand even though technically, now they are living in a Malaysian state.


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Syburi information - Search.com (210 words)
Syburi (Thai: ไทรบุรี) is the name for the Malay state of Kedah given back its Siamese ruler when the Japanese occupied British Malaya during World War II.
In July 1943, Japanese Prime Minister Hideki Tojo announced that Kedah (along with Perlis, Kelantan and Terengganu were to be given away to Siam as part of a Treaty of Friendship signed between Siam and Japan at the onset of the Battle of Malaya.
People born in Syburi are considered subjects of the King of Thailand; thus, people who were born there and are now living in the state of Kedah are permitted to purchase land and live in Thailand even though technically, now they are living in a Malaysian state.
Syburi - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (226 words)
Syburi (Thai: ไทรบุรี) is the name for the Malay state of Kedah given back its Siamese ruler when the Japanese occupied British Malaya during World War II.
In July 1943, Japanese Prime Minister Hideki Tojo announced that Kedah (along with Perlis, Kelantan and Terengganu) were to be given away to Siam as part of a Treaty of Friendship signed between Siam and Japan at the onset of the Battle of Malaya.
People born in Syburi are considered subjects of the King of Thailand; thus, people who were born there and are now living in the state of Kedah are permitted to purchase land and live in Thailand even though technically, now they are living in a Malaysian state.
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