Rumah Besar Sedomon

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Rumah Besar Sedomon
backside of the house
OKK Sedomon's burial place on the property of Rumah Besar Sedomon

Rumah Besar Sedomon (or Rumah Besar Bingkor ) is the name of a colonial-style mansion near Keningau in the Malaysian state of Sabah . The property was formerly owned by OKK Sedomon bin Gunsanad, son of Gunsanad Kina .

description

The property is located on approximately five hectares within Kampung Bingkor, approximately 10 kilometers northeast of Keningau. The area was previously covered with trees; today, however, only one of the large trees remains. The property also has a private burial site on which the graves of OKK Sedomon Gunsanad and John Reynold Sedomon can be found.

history

The building was erected between 1937 and 1941. In 1942 it was requisitioned as a temporary headquarters by the Japanese occupying forces . This subsequently led to a bombing of the Rumah Besar by the Australian Air Force. Bullet holes can still be seen in every part of the house today. After the Japanese surrendered in 1945, the property returned to the Sedomon family.

Prominent guests OKK Sedomon received in this house include the former Governor of British North Borneo , Sir William Goode, the British Secretary of State for Commonwealth Affairs in 1959, Right Honorable Duncan Sandys, Lord Landsdone in 1962, the first Prime Minister of Malaysia, Tengku Abdul Rahman, the second Prime Minister of Malaysia, Tun Haji Abdul Razak Bin Dato Hussein and the former Prime Minister of Sabah, Tun Mustapha .

In the 1960s, Sedomon belonged to the group of influential tribal leaders who met with fierce opposition to the proposal to join North Borneo as a federal state to the Malaya Federation . To resolve the conflict, Tun Razak Bin Tun Hussein visited the Rumah Besah in 1963 to convince OKK Sedomon of the advantages of joining. Sedomon was finally persuaded to give his vote in favor of the Federation, but linked this to the idea of ​​the establishment of the Batu Sumpah Keningau put forward by the opposition party .

A proposal by the Sabah government to buy the house and manage it as state cultural heritage was rejected by the Sedomon family on the grounds that adding to the land register would prohibit the sale to non-family members.

literature

  • Nilakrisna James: "OKK Sedomon Bin OKK Gunsanad and His Rumah Besar", self-published by the Sedomon family, 1997

Web links

Commons : Rumah Besar Sedomon  - collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Historical Background of the late OKK Sedomon Datuk Seri Panglima Gunsanad's House At Pekan Dingkor, Keningau ; Accessed October 20, 2012
  2. ↑ New Straits Times: PM to visit historic house in Sabah ( Memento of the original from June 18, 2012 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. , June 11, 2012; Accessed October 20, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.nst.com.my
  3. ↑ The Star: Najib traces father's footsteps in Bingkor , June 17, 2012; Accessed October 20, 2012
  4. ^ Daily Express: Descendants reject 'Rumah Besar Sedomon' as heritage , August 18, 2011; Accessed October 20, 2012

Remarks

  1. ↑ The Malay word Rumah Besar means "big house".

Coordinates: 5 ° 24 ′ 37.6 "  N , 116 ° 11 ′ 27.5"  E