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Mat Salleh
Mat Salleh, or Datu Muhammad Salleh, was a chief of Bajau and Suluk descent from the Sugut river region of northern Borneo who led a rebellion against the British North Borneo Company from 1894. His followers burned the company's settlement on Gaya Island in 1897. After a short peace with the company he resumed fighting and was killed in January 1900 at his fort at Tambunan. He is remembered in Malaysia as a hero of resistance.
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