From Hsinhue report.
A.M. Agehari, chairman of the Bruni People's Party (Partai Raayet) said at a press conference on Jamary 18th, that "No amount of force could suppress the revolution in Northern Borneo, This liberation movement of a long oppressad people will go on until victory becomes ours "™ The The Manila Chronicle reported that Azahari showed confidence in the “inevitable success of the Brunei Uprising. He strassed thet only victory "could stop the libsration movement in Brunei, North Borneo and Sarawak." He said that thongh superior British and mercenary forces gained control of the urban a‘sas, "the revolutionary forces still hold the rural areas and obtain support from thoir compatriots."