UN ASSESSMENT TEAM IN KUCHING
Thousands defy the government's "No Assemblies" order:
source: Spore Straits Times, first week of Sep 1963
A crowd of about 5,000 lining the road four deep, from Kuching airport to Aurora Hotel shouted slogans and raised clenched fists and posters and placards some reading "We Want Independence Not Malaysia".
Other placards were: Stop Mass Arrest and Oppression, We Don't Want to Recognize London Talks, Plebescite Is The Only Fair Way To Ascertain Wishes Of The People.
Yet the Assessment reported "LITTLE EVIDENCE OF ARTICULATE AND ORGANIZED OPPOSITION TO THE FEDERATION". In 10 days, all over and done in 10 days to whitewash the whole operation, Malaysia came into being on 16 Sep 1963.
The anti-Msia fighters paid a heavy price. Thousands were arrested, tortured and detained without trial for many many years. Some died in detention. Young Sarawakians in their teens and youth.
Today these survivors, throughout Sarawak, in their seventies are still being held in condemnation by some. Such is the power of the British propaganda killing machine. In cahoots with Malaya and US.
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Lina Soo is a candidate for State Reform Party (STAR) for P196 Stampin, Sarawak in GE-13 and the author of popular book "Sarawak the Real Deal"
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