Anti-cession movement of Sarawak

Anti-cession movement of Sarawak
Sarawakian demonstration against the British. This photo would later become the trademark of the Sarawak Anti-cession Movement
Location Sarawak (now part of Malaysia) Result Assassination of the second Governor of Sarawak, Sir Duncan Stewart, in 1949. Closure of more than 22 schools in Sarawak. 56 students quit their university studies. All associations of anti-cession dissolved by British Authorities. Colonial rule continued until 16 September 1963.
Belligerents
Sarawakian people (mostly Malay and Iban including Abang Haji Abdillah, Lily Eberwein and Rosli Dhobi) Rukun 13	United Kingdom Young Malay Association
Commanders and leaders
Anthony Brooke Abang Haji Abdillah Lily Eberwein Rosli Dhobi ☠	Charles Arden-Clarke Duncan George Stewart †

Sarawakian people
(mostly Malay and Iban including Abang Haji Abdillah, Lily Eberwein and Rosli Dhobi)

The anti-cession movement of Sarawak (Malay: Gerakan Anti-Penyerahan Sarawak) was a movement in Sarawak to fight against the British attempt to govern Sarawak as a crown colony rather than a protectorate ruled by the White Rajahs. The movement lasted from 1 July 1946 until March 1950.

The anti-cession movement of Sarawak arose from the violation of a provision in the 1941 constitution of Sarawak, which stipulated that Rajah Charles Vyner Brooke would grant the right self-rule to Sarawak. Instead, he decided to cede it to Britain as a crown colony on 8 February 1946. Secondly, the Sarawakian people had believed that the rule of the Brooke family could be expected to lead to independence for Sarawak, but heir apparent Anthony Brooke was not appointed as the next Rajah. In addition, the decision was taken without the consent of the indigenous people. The British did discuss it with the local people, but declared Sarawak a crown colony on 1 July 1946 anyway, with support from British officers and non-native residents.

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