Jesselton Revolt
| Jesselton Revolt | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Kinabalu guerillas |
 Empire of Japan
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| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Albert Kwok † |
 Lieutenant Shimizu |
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| Strength | |||||||
| 100 Chinese 200 Suluk Muslims and Bajau Muslims Dusun-Muruts Sikh Indians |
Kempeitai
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| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 3,000–4,000 civilians massacred | 60–90 | ||||||
Albert Kwok †
Panglima Ali (KIA)
Orang Tuah Arshad
Jemalul
Saruddin
Tun Datu Mustapha bin Datu Harun Supported by:
The Jesselton Revolt or Double Tenth Incident was a multi-ethnic uprising, mainly led by Chinese and Suluk guerrilla forces known as the Kinabalu Guerrillas, against the Japanese occupation of British Borneo. After the revolt, the Japanese forces initiated an ethnic cleansing against the Suluk people as punishment.
The Kinabalu Guerrillas were led by Albert Kwok in the west and by Tun Datu Mustapha bin Datu Harun in the north. The Kinabalu Guerillas, consisting of 300 Chinese and islander people like the Suluk Muslims and Bajau. The Dusuns and Sikhs, started an uprising against the Japanese on 9 October 1943, on the eve of National Day of the Republic of China. Albert Kwok was a supporter of the Kuomintang government of the Republic of China.
Kwok was forced to launch the revolt ahead of schedule because the forced conscription of the native Chinese was approaching. Imam Marajukim, a Muslim cleric from Sulu in the Philippines, was involved in the resistance against Japan in the Philippines and helped supply Kwok and the Kinabalu guerillas. The Suluks were described as "strongly displeased to be anti-Japanese". Imam Marajukim helped the Chinese secure participation in the uprising from Panglima Ali's Suluks, the Binadan inhabitants of the Mantanani and Danawan (Dinawan) islands, and the Oudar Islanders under Orang Tuah Arshad. The rank of 3rd Lieutenant within the Sulu guerrillas was granted to Dr. Kowk after he joined the resistance movement.
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