MALAYSIA: REFUGEES FROM INDONESIAN BORNEO SEEK ASYLUM IN SARAWAK

Record ID: 274898

  • Title: MALAYSIA: REFUGEES FROM INDONESIAN BORNEO SEEK ASYLUM IN SARAWAK
  • Date: 23rd February 1965
  • Summary: REFUGEES ARRIVING IN A BORDER POST IN THE SERIAN DISTRICT AND RECEIVING FOOD FROM RED CROSS WORKERS. Initials DC/S/RP/OS Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 10th March 1965 12:00
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  • Location: SERIAN DISTRICT, SARAWAK, MALAYSIA
  • Country: Malaysia
  • Reuters ID: LVA6IHZA0IWPT20F5VUWCK5VRZCP
  • Story Text: IBAN AND DAYAK VILLAGERS FROM BORDER SETTLEMENTS IN INDONESIAN BORNEO HAVE BEEN CROSSING THE BORDER INTO SARAWAK DURING THE PAST FEW DAYS.

    THE REFUGEES TOLD GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS THAT THEIR LONGHOUSES HAD BEEN TAKEN BY INDONESIAN SOLDIERS WHO WERE USING THEM AS BILLETS.THEY SAID THAT THE SOLDIERS HAD SEIZED THEIR FOOD, KILLED MUCH OF THEIR LIVESTOCK, FORCED THEM INTO HARD LABOUR AND MOLESTED THEIR WOMENFOLK.

    THE REFUGEES ARE ARRIVING AT BORDER POSTS IN THE SERIAN DISTRICT OF SARAWAK - ABOUT FORTY MILES (65 KM) SOUTH OF THE CAPITAL, KUCHING.ON ARRIVAL, THEY ARE GIVEN FOOD BY RED CROSS WORKERS.THE GOVERNMENT IS MAKING ARRANGEMENTS TO RESETTLE THEM.
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