MALAYSIA: AFTERMATH OF ALLEGED INDONESIAN STRAFING ATTACK ON SARAWAK BORDER VILLAGE OF PA 'UMOR

Record ID: 355266

  • Title: MALAYSIA: AFTERMATH OF ALLEGED INDONESIAN STRAFING ATTACK ON SARAWAK BORDER VILLAGE OF PA 'UMOR
  • Date: 5th September 1965
  • Summary: A VILLAGER, MATA RIBU, WITH BRITISH ARMY OFFICER, POINTING OUT BULLET HOLES IN A LONGHOUSE. Initials RM/V/WH/K Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 20th September 1965 13:00
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  • Location: PA 'UMOR, SARAWAK, MALAYSIA
  • Country: Malaysia
  • Reuters ID: LVAAJ32IWK7ZG2C3FFZ4YGTVVV5X
  • Story Text: WHEN TWO ALLEGED INDONESIAN AIRCRAFT STRAFED THE VILLAGE OF PA 'UMOR IN THE MALAYSIAN STATE OF SARAWAK ON WEDNESDAY, ALL THE 200 KALABIT VILLAGERS FLED TO THE JUNGLE AND THERE WERE NO CASUALTIES.PA 'UMOR IS FOUR MILES FROM THE BORDER WITH INDONESIAN BORNEO, WHERE INDONESIA IS SAID TO HAVE A LARGE MILITARY BASE.

    THE STRAFING WAS THE FIRST AIR ATTACK ON MALAYSIAN TERRITORY SAID TO BE BY INDONESIAN AIRCRAFT, AND CAUSED LITTLE DAMAGE.ROYAL AIR FORCE FIGHTERS WHICH TOOK OFF FROM A NEARBY AIRBASE FAILED TO INTERCEPT THE ATTACKING 'PLANES.AN INDONESIAN 'PLANE IS CLAIMED TO HAVE FLOWN OVER KUCHING, THE SARAWAK CAPITAL, EARLY LAST YEAR WITHOUT ATTACKING.

    THE COMMANDER OF A BRITISH ARMY UNIT WHO WAS FLOWN TO THE AREA ON FRIDAY TO INVESTIGATE WAS SHOWN DAMAGE CAUSED BY THE ATTACK.A LEADING VILLAGER, MR MATA RIBU, SHOWED HIM, VISNEWS CAMERAMEN AND OTHER NEWSMEN OVER A KALABIT LONGHOUSE WHICH HAD BEEN SPRAYED WITH BULLETS.HE SAID THE BULLETS JUST MISSED AN ELDERLY WOMAN AND SOME SMALL CHILDREN IN THE KITCHEN.

    MEANWHILE, SECURITY FORCES HAVE STEPPED UP THEIR AIR AND BORDER PATROLS TO PREVENT ANY FURTHER ATTEMPTS TO ATTACK SARAWAK VILLAGES.
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