Kalabakan

Kalabakan
Kalabakan
Coordinates	4 ° 25 ′  N , 117 ° 29 ′  E Coordinates: 4 ° 25 ′  N , 117 ° 29 ′  E
Basic data
Country	Malaysia
State	Sabah
Residents	4000 (2009)

The bee tree in the Muslim cemetery

The Konfrontasi Monument in Kalabakan ( Tugu Peringatan Kalabakan )

Kalabakan is a small town in the Malaysian state of Sabah . Kalabakan is located on Sungai Kalabakan , 85 kilometers west of Tawau as the crow flies. The small town belongs to the Tawau Administrative District and is part of the Tawau Division area .

Infrastructure

Kalabakan is connected to Tawau via a well-developed asphalt road. The infrastructure of the small town is at a very low level. There is neither a hospital nor a municipal water supply. Electricity is available from diesel-powered generators.

Konfrontasi

In mid-December 1963, the Indonesian side sent a commando unit consisting of 128 volunteers and 35 regular soldiers to the border area with Malaysia. The aim of the operation was first to take Kalabakan and then to march towards Tawau and Sandakan. On December 29, the unit encountered a camp with soldiers from the 3rd Royal Malaysian Regiment. The attackers managed to throw several hand grenades into the sleeping quarters of the soldiers who were completely unprepared for this attack. Seven soldiers and the commander were killed and another 19 wounded. After a two-hour battle, armed police units finally managed to force the attackers off to the north.

A memorial at the entrance to the town (Tugu Peringatan Kalabakan) commemorates the attack on Kalabakan and the men who perished while defending Kalabakan against the Indonesian invaders on December 29, 1963: Major Zainol Abidin Bin Hj Yaacob, Ismail Bin Mat, Abdullah Bin Abd Rahman, Abd Aziz Bin Abd Ghani, Mohamad Zain Bin Yaacob, Ismail Bin Mansor, Yusof Bin Sulong and Shamsuddin Bin Yasin.

Web links

Commons : Kalabakan  - Collection of Images

• Images and texts about Kalabakan ; Accessed July 11, 2012

Individual evidence

1. ↑ New Sabah Times: RM32 mil solar energy, water project for Kalabakan ( Memento of the original from March 30, 2019 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. dated June 21, 2009; Accessed July 11, 2012 
2. ↑ Ken Goodlet: Tawau - The Making of a Tropical Community , Opus Publications, 2010, pages 167-172, ISBN 978-983-3987-38-2