Kalimantan
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Map of Kalimantan (white color) and its subdivisions.In most languages in the world, the term Kalimantan refers to the Indonesian portion of the island of Borneo,[1] while for Indonesians, the name "Kalimantan" usually refers to the whole island of Borneo.[1] The Indonesian territory makes up approximately 3-quarters of the island, and the non-Indonesian parts of Borneo are of Brunei and East Malaysia.
Kalimantan is divided into four provinces:
East Kalimantan
South Kalimantan
West Kalimantan
Central Kalimantan
North Kalimantan, Revolutionary State of- North Kalimantan's independence was declared in December 1962 by leftists backed by Indonesia. Based in Brunei, their goal was to expel the British from Borneo and unite the area as Kalimantan. Brunei's army (comprised of crack Gurkha veterans of the Second World War) quickly suppressed the revolution.
North Kalimantan Communist Party
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North Kalimantan Communist Party was a communist political party based in the Malaysian province of Sarawak in northern Borneo. It was founded on September 19, 1971. Before that, the group had been operating under the name Sarawak Communist Organization. The chairman of the NKCP was Wen Min Chyuan. He had been a leading member of the Sarawak United People's Party 1960-1964.
The membership of NKCP was predominantly ethnically Chinese.
The armed wing of NKCP was Pasukan Rakyat Kalimantan Utara (PARAKU).
In 1974 a break-away group led by Bong Kee Chok signed a peace treaty with the state government. The Bong Kee Chok faction was larger than the remaining Wen Min Chyuan faction.
The NKCP gradually declined. In 1989 CIA estimated that the group had around 100 fighters. On October 17, 1990, the NKCP signed a peace-treaty with the state government and dissolved. Several guerrilla fighters were reintegrated into civilian life.
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