Anti-Colonial Movements in the Region after World War 2

Brunei

In 1956, the Nationalist Party Ra'ayat was formed by Azahari under the strong influence of the anti-colonial Dutch movement in Indonesia. With backing from the people it immediately launched into a constitutional struggle. Britain was forced to announce the first constitution and the first General Election. In the 1962 August election, Party Ra'ayat won all 55 seats with opposition to the formation of Malaysia as a major part of its manifesto. The British summarily banned the party and arrested its leaders. Azahari retaliated with with a spontaneous armed uprising, but it was brutally suppressed and turned into a bloody massacre by the far stronger British forces.