Group name:Magic

Member of group:
1.Nursyazwena Aqyla binti
Muhammad Shakhuri
2.Ain Nur Aqeela binti Mohd Khairi
English report: Rosli Dhoby
Rosli Dhoby (1932-March 2, 1950) was a Malay Sarawakian
nationalist from Sibu, Sarawak, Malaysia during the British crown
colony era in that state.
He was a member leader of the Rukun 13 organization along with
Morshidi Sidek, Awang Ramli Amit Mohd Deli and Bujang Suntong. It
was a secret cell organization which carried out assassinations of
British colonial officers in Sarawak. He was well-known for his
assassination of Sir Duncan George Stewart, the second governor of
colonial Sarawak in 1948.
Born
Rosli Dhobi was born in 1932 in Kampung Siong, Sibu, Kingdom of
Sarawak. Little is known about his earlier life although friends
regard Rosli as an approachable person despite his quietness. He
had an eldest sister and a younger brother, Fatimah and
Ainie[citation needed].
Rosli started his career as a teacher and quit his job in 1947 in order
to teach in Sibu People's School. Rosli was known to be a nationalist
and a poet. Using the nickname Lidros, Rosli penned down a
nationalistic poem titled 'Panggilan Mu yang Suchi' which was
published in Utusan Sarawak on February 28, 1948. The usage of
nickname was prevalent at the time since the British Colonial
Authority vigorously monitored any attempts to spread words
against them.

Rosli joined Rukun 13 in August, 1948. He was introduced to the

organization by an old friend, Bujang Suntong.

Background
The end of the Second World War had brought an end to the Brooke
Dynasty rule in Sarawak. Believing it to be in the best interest of the
people of Sarawak, Rajah Vyner Brooke ceded the state to the British
Crown.[1] Sarawak became a Crown Colony, ruled from the Colonial
Office in London, which in turn dispatched a Governor for Sarawak.
This move was opposed by Rajah Muda Anthony Brooke, who was
supposed to become the next Rajah Brooke, as well as many native
Sarawakians who were initially told that they would be allowed selfgovernment. Anthony Brooke became the leader of the anti-cession
movement.

Events
On December 3, 1949, Sir Duncan George Stewart, the second
governor of Sarawak, was murdered by the Rukun 13 members,
Rosli Dhoby, Awang Ramli Amit Mohd Deli, Morshidi Sidek and
Bujang Suntong in Sibu.
Rosli Dhoby and Morshidi Sidek were among the crowd that
welcomed the governor on his arrival to Sibu. While the governor
was meeting the local subjects and in near proximity with Rosli,
Morshidi began to pretend to take pictures of the governor with a
broken camera. The governor stopped to allow Morshidi to
photograph him. At that moment, Rosli stabbed the governor.
Rosli was arrested on the spot and sent to Kuching for trial and later
into imprisonment. The governor bled so badly that he had to be
flown back to Kuching for treatment and later to Singapore, where
he died a week after the incident.
After a few months languishing in prison, Rosli Dhoby, Awang Ramli
Amit Mohd Deli, Morshidi Sidek and Bujang Suntong were found
guilty of murder and sentenced to death on December 4, 1949. This
move was criticized by many, as Rosli Dhobi was a juvenile at the
time of assassination. The death sentence was nonetheless a
political statement.
Rosli Dhoby was sent to the gallows on the morning of March 2,
1950. Fearing the resentment of the local population, the British
government did not allow Rosli Dhoby's body to leave the Kuching

Central Prison. Instead, his body was interred in an unmarked tomb

within the prison compound.
After Sarawak gained independence on 22 July 1963 from Britain
and later through the formation of the Federation of Malaysia on 16
September 1963, a tombstone was put in place at his tomb. The
tombstone is now on display at the outer compound of Sarawak
Islamic Museum in Kuching after the reinternment of his remains in
1996.

Sarawak was sent into tumultuous years, and the anti-Cessionists

rebellion were crushed as the support by the locals dwindled due to
the "aggressive" tactic used by Rosli Dhoby, alongside the
oppositions from some of the Malay leaders who were pro-British.
Most of the anti-Cessionists were arrested and later send into
prison, and some of them were even imprisoned in Changi Prison in
Singapore.
However, things later returned to normal and peace was restored
during the era of 3rd Governor of Sarawak, Sir Anthony Foster Abell.
Even those who were imprisoned at Changi are allowed to return to
Sarawak, to continue their sentence at Kuching Central Prison.
Reburial
After 46 years resting in prison compound, the remains of Rosli
Dhoby were moved out of the Kuching Central Prison to be buried in
the Sara.