Word: maimbung
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Moslem insurgents in the southwestern Sulu Archipelago, where the population is 95% Moslem, have recently mounted their largest attacks ever against the Manila government. Early last month the insurgents occupied the towns of Parang and Maimbung on Jolo Island. Then at dawn two weeks ago several hundred Moslem guerrillas infiltrated Jolo city, the island's chief town, while more than 1,500 attacked from outside. Taking government forces by surprise, they quickly overran the airport, occupied the headquarters of the 1st Army Brigade, and captured nearby Notre Dame College. The government counterattacked with more than 5,000 troops...
...Borneo Company withheld its land rent until the succession should be clarified. A Filipino judge appointed Dayang Dayang administrator of the dead Sultan's estate. Afraid of being poisoned or having his throat cut to make way for Dayang Dayang, Sultan Wasit retired to his ramshackle palace at Maimbung behind a heavy guard. It was well he did so for several armed thugs broke in one night...
Died. Rajah Muda Mawalil Wasit Kiram, since July Sultan of Sulu; of heart disease; in Maimbung, Jolo Island, the Philippines...
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