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Description
English: A potrait of Rosli Dhoby. He assassinated Sir Duncan George Stewart (British Colonial Governor of Sarawak) in December 1949. He was later hanged in March 1950 at Kuching Central Prison.
Date before 1950
date QS:P,+1950-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1950-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Source Own work by the original uploader
Author Unknown authorUnknown author

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Date/Time Dimensions User Comment
02:32, 12 June 2009 240 × 320 (8,732 bytes) w:en:Ikuwara ( talk | contribs) {{Information |Description = Picture of Rosli Dhobi |Source = I created this work entirely by myself. |Date = 1998-7-13 |Author = Rosli Dhobi |other_versions = }}

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