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Pontianak incidents

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Pontianak incidents
Part of World War II
Location Kalimantan, Dutch East Indies
Target Malays, Arabs, Chinese, Javanese, Menadonese, Dayaks, Bugis, Bataks, Minangkabau, Dutch, Indians, and Eurasians
Attack type
 Massacre
Perpetrators Imperial Japanese Army

The Pontianak incidents were two massacres which took place in Kalimantan during the Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies. One of them is also known as the Mandor Affair. The victims were from a wide variety of ethnic groups and devastated the Malay elite of Kalimantan, with all the Malay Sultans of Kalimantan executed by the Japanese.

The massacres[]

In the 1943-1944 Pontianak incidents, the Japanese orchestrated a mass arrest of Malay elites, Arabs, Chinese, Javanese, Menadonese, Dayaks, Bugis, Bataks, Minangkabau, Dutch, Indians, and Eurasians in Kalimantan, including all of the Malay Sultans, accused them of plotting to overthrow Japanese rule, and then massacred them.[1][2] The Japanese falsely claimed that all of those ethnic groups and organizations such as the Islamic Pemuda Muhammadijah were involved in a plot to overthrow the Japanese and create a "People's Republic of West Borneo" (Negara Rakyat Borneo Barat).[3] The Japanese claimed that- "Sultans, Chinese, Indonesian government officials, Indians and Arabs, who had been antagonistic to each other, joined together to massacre Japanese.", naming the Sultan of Pontianak as one of the "ringleaders" in the planned rebellion.[4] Up to 25 aristocrats, relatives of the Sultan of Pontianak, and many other prominent individuals were named as participants in the plot by the Japanese and then executed at Mandor.[5][6] The Sultans of Pontianak, Sambas, Ketapang, Soekadana, Simbang, Koeboe, Ngabang, Sanggau, Sekadau, Tajan, Singtan, and Mempawa were all executed by the Japanese, respectively, their names were Sjarif Mohamed Alkadri, Mohamad Ibrahim Tsafidedin, Goesti Saoenan, Tengkoe Idris, Goesti Mesir, Sjarif Saleh, Goesti Abdoel Hamid, Ade Mohamad Arif, Goesti Mohamad Kelip, Goesti Djapar, Raden Abdul Bahri Danoe Perdana, and Mohammed Ahoufiek.[7] They are known as the "12 Dokoh".[8] In Java, the Japanese jailed Syarif Abdul Hamid Alqadrie, the son of Sultan Syarif Mohamad Alkadrie (Sjarif Mohamed Alkadri).[9] Later in 1944 the Dayaks assassinated a Japanese named Nakatani, who was involved in the incident and who was known for his cruelty . Sultan of Pontianak Mohamed Alkadri's fourth son Pengeran Agoen (Pangeran Agung) and another son Pengeran Adipati (Pangeran Adipati) were also both killed by the Japanese in the incident.[10] The Japanese had beheaded both Pangeran Adipati and Pangeran Agung and the Malay elite was ravaged by the Japanese slaughters.[11] The Japanese extermination of the Malay elite of Pontianak paved the way for a new Dayak elite to arise in its place.[12] According to Mary F. Somers Heidhues, on May–June 1945, some Japanese were killed in a rebellion by the Dayaks in Sanggau.[13] According to Jamie S. Davidson this rebellion that killed many Dayaks and Japanese, occurred on April–August 1945 and was called the "Majang Desa War".[14] The Pontianak Incidents or Affairs are divided into two Potianak incidents by scholars, variously categorized according to mass killings and arrests which occurred in several stages on different dates. The Pontianak incident negatively impacted the Chinese community in Kalimantan.[15][16][17][18][19]

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References[]

  1. ↑ Heidhues 2003, p. 204.
  2. ↑ Ooi 2013, p. 42.
  3. ↑ Heidhues 2003, p. 205.
  4. ↑ ed. Kratoska 2013, p. 160.
  5. ↑ Davidson 2002, p. 79.
  6. ↑ Davidson 2003, p. 9.
  7. ↑ ed. Kratoska 2002, pp. 167-168.
  8. ↑ Ooi 2013.
  9. ↑ Ooi 2013, p. 176.
  10. ↑ ed. Kratoska 2013, p. 168.
  11. ↑ Heidhues 2003, p. 207.
  12. ↑ Davidson 2009, p. 37.
  13. ↑ Heidhues 2003, p. 206.
  14. ↑ Davidson 2003, p. 8.
  15. ↑ ed. Kratoska 2013, p. 165.
  16. ↑ Hui 2011, p. 42.
  17. ↑ Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde (Netherlands). Afdeling Documentatie Modern Indonesie 2001, p. 41.
  18. ↑ Baldacchino 2013, p. 75.
  19. ↑ Sai & Hoon 2013, p. 119.
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