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The other group attacked the village of Gumbang, South West of Kuching, later in the month. Only about half returned. [2] Confrontation could be said to have started from a military perspective with the Tebedu attack. [3] For the next five months, the Chinese guerrillas undertook further raids, [2] typically attacks on longhouses. In June, an ...
The Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation or Borneo confrontation (known as Konfrontasi in Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore) was an armed conflict from 1963 to 1966 that stemmed from Indonesia's opposition to the creation of the state of Malaysia from the Federation of Malaya.
Map of Greater Indonesia, including Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore, and East Timor. Greater Indonesia (Indonesian: Indonesia Raya) was an irredentist political concept that sought to bring the so-called Malay race together, by uniting the territories of the Dutch East Indies (and Portuguese Timor) with British Malaya and British Borneo. [1]
SF was seen as pro-Indonesia and pro-China, [9] [10] causing the Socialist Front leader was arrested. Among those detained and arrested was Ahmad Boestamam ( PR president ), Ishak Haji Muhammad ( PBM president ), Abdul Aziz Ishak (Gerakan Angkatan Melayu Sedar president) and Datuk Kampo Radjo (later to become president of the PRM), Tan Kai Hee ...
After Malaysia came into being, the Alliance Party of the Malay Peninsula became closely associated with other alliance parties in Sabah and Sarawak. In the 1964 general election , boosted by the formation of Malaysia and the confrontation with Indonesia , the Alliance Party was even more successful, winning a majority (58.4%) of the votes and ...
SF was seen as pro-Indonesia and pro-China, [7] [8] causing the Socialist Front leader's arrest. Among those detained and arrested were Ahmad Boestamam ( PRM president ), Ishak Haji Muhammad ( PBM president ), Abdul Aziz Ishak ( NCP president ) and Datuk Kampo Radjo (later to become president of the PRM), Tan Kai Hee , Tan Hock Hin, Dr. M.K ...
The Malayan Union (Malay: Kesatuan Malaya; Jawi: كساتوان مالايا) was a union of the Malay states and the Straits Settlements of Penang and Malacca. It was the successor to British Malaya and was conceived to unify the Malay Peninsula under a single government to simplify administration.
In addition to operations in Malaysia, Australian troops patrolled the Indonesia-Papua New Guinea border during the confrontation. These operations were conducted by the Pacific Islands Regiment (PIR), which was an Australian Army formation manned by native New Guineans and led by Australian officers and warrant officers.