I feelt strongly that something haves to be done to bring home to our young generations, the historic significantce of events in the Fifth Division of Sarawak, which led to the December 1962 uprising in Limbang.

Insofar, as no attempt has been made by any individual to give our youths any real ideas of how that could have happened.

As one of the victims of the Tentera Nasional Kalimantan Utara (TNKU) or North Kalimantan National Army, I may contribute at least some ideas why, and how that had happened, based on recollections of information from a few friends, as well as from my own memory, of whichat I could still remembercall of events that happened years ago. But I do not want to be construed, however, as that I have a complete knowledge of information,; I have had to dig here and there. Some papers or records I had kept, including my diary, were lost. But Howhat I haeve related to, all the events in my book to which I have referred, are as true as one could wish them to be. There may be faults here ooccasiondal thereror, but it is not my intention to mislead anybody, as I have nothing to gain by neither it ,nor anything to hide. All I want to do is to bring to the notice of young generations the historical importance so that they may understand as to why, and how that happened.


Not being a historian or a journalist, nor do I pretend to be one, I have to do it in the way I did, and of course, there may be repetitions here and there, but that is not something to be regretted.

Anyway, I hope they will understand the basic value of this story, and also verya pleasant one for reading.

FACTS-FINDING:

Lack of materials for research is the main factor for writing the story even though every effort was made to find out the real cause that attributed to the uprising.

The only available sources of information were obtained through the recollection of memories from few friends who were there during the time. The people who were there and suffered the same fate as I was at the time, are now retired from their services, and nowhere could be contacted for some information. The only long life officers like a former Police Inspector Encik (Mr) Abdul Latib Basah, the then officer in-charge (OCD) Limbang at the time, and a former Police Inspector Encik (Mr) Abang Hj, Zain, the then Special Branch Officer whose base was in Miri, are now residing in Kuching. They could in the hope give some help, but their memories are weakened or lapsed due to their old age for some events occurred more than thirty-five years ago. The notable person like Mr Richard Morris, the then British Resident of the Sarawak’s Fifth Division who is now residing in Australia may be of a great help, but I was unable to get in touch.

Little information was gathered from the detainees in the detention camp who gave some help.

Before the rebellion broke out, my distant brother in-law, a Police Constable Insoll anak Chundang (killed in the rebellion) had given me the insight knowledge about the subversive activities discovered in the interior and coastal villages on the course of their patrolling. Although the British Government was aware, having had Police Intelligent Branch reports, the British took it lightly even though there was an indication the security thread to the division.

The above sources of information are somewhat in supplementing my own recollection of memory based on personal and bitter experience during the period. This is the paramount basis for writing the book.