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There was good reason to believe that this incident, together with several murders of Europeans in Dutch Borneo, was the result of a loosely concerted action of the Malay chiefs, and that the Kanowit murders were directly instigated by Serif Masahor and Pangiran Dipa; the latter a Bruni noble who misruled Muka and the surrounding area.
Ondong-ondong, the written law of Borneo. Orang, a man. Orang outang, a wild man. Pangeran, or Pangiran, the title of a high Malay authority. Panglima, the head warrior of a Dyak tribe. Patingi, or Patingus, a high local officer. Patobong, the name of the ranjows and sudas, defences in war. Patakan Dyaks, said by the Malays to be cannibals.
Rajah Brooke visited the Sultan of Bruni and secured his authorisation for the punishment of these and others concerned in the murders; and in 1860 an expedition, led by his two nephews, captured Muka and would have expelled the Serif and the Pangiran but for the untimely interference of the British Consul at Bruni, who seems to have been misinformed of the nature of the situation.
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