Talk:Brunei revolt

Declaration of a state of emergency

Relevant information missing from the article:

• A state of emergency was declared during the revolt, giving the Sultan sweeping powers under the 1959 constitution.
• Aftermath of the revolt: the state of emergency continues to be renewed every two years (there may also have been some missed declarations) to the present day.

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Borneo Confrontation was in fact Indonesia-Malaysia confrontation, true? __earth 10:46, August 6, 2005 (UTC)

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yes it is true. it was part of the crisis of that time but we recognise the revolt as a national crisis. One which involve the whole of Borneo. - Khiari —Preceding unsigned comment added by Khiari (talk • contribs) 03:24, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

Article tone

This article seems to have too accusatory a tone, attacking most people who have written on the subject as undervaluing the local support. I would question whether it is unbiased. -John Pack Lambert

The article and the scant material available in public libraries in UK is mainly concerned with the British military involvement in suppressing what many believe was a popular movement. There is nothing on the background and the [then] sultan's refusal to accept PRB despite their overwhelming victories at the only elections held. There are some similarities to Suu Kyi's movement in Burma although the violent uprising was a mistake. It did not lead to the sultan rejecting the malaysian federation as stated in this article - Frere User talk:Frere|talk]]) 03:42, 30 December 2012 (UTC)Frere (talk) 03:44, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

Very Confused

The timeline in the article is most unclear and some significant events are missing. For example, there were no British troops in Brunei when the revolt occurred. The first British action was to air-assault the QO Hldrs from Singapore onto the main airfield in Twin Pioneer aircraft. This led to Brunei town being rapidly secured. Although the revolt was declared over fairly quickly, follow up operations to finally eliminate the insurgents lasted for a few months.Nfe (talk) 10:25, 21 July 2009 (UTC)

Original statements at executions at temburong

Front the front page. __earth ^(Talk) 06:36, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

Sejak jam 2:00 hingga 5:00 pagi bunyi tembakan senapang di balai-balai Polis seluruh negara terus-menerus kedengaran hingga pagi. Menurut berita yang diterima dari Temburong pada pagi 8 Disember itu, Pegawai Daerah Temburong, Pengiran Haji Besar bin Pengiran Haji Kula dan beberapa orang daripada pasukan keselematan yang bertugas serta orang awam yang tidak mahu menyokong pemberontakan itu telah dibunuh. dengan cara yang menyedihkan oleh TNKU. Pekan Bangar keseluruhannya telah dikuasai oleh TNKU, dikatakan juga beberapa orang pegawai kerajaan di daerah itu ditangkap dan dijangka akan menerima hukuman TNKU tetapi mereka sempat melarikan diri. Di pusat bandar lebih kurang jam 6:00 pagi 8 Disember itu, Timbalan Menteri Besar, Pengiran Dato Setia Haji Mohd. Ali bin Pengiran Dato Setia Haji Muhammad Yusuf bin Pengiran Haji Abdul Rahim telah naik mengadap Baginda Maulana Al-Sultan untuk menjunjung titah yang akan diisytiharkan melalui radio terhadap perbuatan PRB alias TNKU yang memberontak itu. SElepas mengadap, mereka balik ke rumah masing-masing menjemput anak isteri mereka termasuk berjenis-jenis keserantahan (alat perkakas dan keperluan harian) dan alat-alat senjata, kerana dititahkan supaya diam di Istana Darul Hana.

NPOV removed

I've removed the section below, as it has no references. Please re-add once refs are found. - RoyBoy 04:07, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

Eyewitness accounts:

Several government buildings in the capital which were regarded as key targets by the rebels were occupied and officials working at the time were held hostage. They included the Bruneian ministers who were in the building at the time when the rebels entered the compound and held them as hostages briefly. There were some interesting and rather obvious facts during the rebellion, that many people in Brunei Town reported seeing groups of men buying army uniforms and equipment at the local shops. The rebels were in fact preparing themselves for the rebellion. While in the Tutong district, the supporters of the rebellion confirmed that they had engaged with the British in a firefight and some exchanges of fire. They reported that one had killed a Gurkha rifleman patrolling the region around the district. The news of one of the first casualties on the British army since the rebellion began.

Once Anduki Airfield was cleared, the first battalion of Gurkhas arrived. Firstly two men were dropped (parachuting) down on the lower end of the town carrying bagpipes, while the main force landed at the airfield. Once Off the plane, a group of Pipers took to the head of the column. The British troops marched on the town with the pipers leading. Two jets were also reported flying very close over the housing breaking the sound barrier. Between the Bag pipes (which the natives had never heard) and the planes over head, the majority of the rebels fled into the jungle.

One battalion of Gurkhas followed into the jungle as did the Dayaks and reportedly did most of the butcher work. Once the town was secured, two Gurkhas with alsations patrolled the city alone. Europeans in the town of Seria were rounded up and used as human shields against police by rebels.