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The truth is that the SAS consists of...men who have fought and died in the western desert, in Borneo, Malaya...
The British, under the private auspices of the East India Company (EIC), were beginning to poke their noses into North Borneo.
Northeast Borneo (Sabah) was “rented” from the Sultan of Brunei by British businessman Alfred Dent.
Balanini pirates, fervent Muslims, disputed the coast of northeastern Borneo (modern Sabah) with the sultanate of Brunei.
Prosperity was based entirely on the entrepot trade: handling textiles from India, spices from Indonesia, silk and porcelain from China, gold and pepper from Sumatra, camphor from Borneo, sandalwood from Timor, and Malay tin from Perak.