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By JUNE H.L. WONG

There’s a reason why for decades filmmakers could not make a movie on Sarawak’s first White Rajah. Is the time finally right for it to happen?

THE year is 1838. A battle-scarred English soldier of fortune arrives on the exotic island of Borneo, fights off pirates and puts down a rebellion for the Sultan of Brunei and four years later is rewarded with his own kingdom.

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Opinion , James Brooke , Charles Brooke , White Rajah , Sarawak , Ranee Sylvia
June H.L. Wong

June H.L. Wong

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