§ MR. WEIRI beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will state the origin of the disturbances in British North Borneo in which Mat Sator, the brother of the late Mat Salleh, is reported to have been killed.
§ * MR. BRODRICKMat Sator, who is generally supposed to be a relative of Mat Salleh, was with him during the hostilities which led to the latter's death. He escaped from Mat Salleh's fort, and was not heard of again until he made an unsuccessful attack on Kudat with a party of Dusuns, in which some peaceful Chinese settlers were killed. Some police were sent to encounter the rebels, and Mat Sator, Mat Dand, and twelve rebels wore killed. The Chinese settlement known as the Happy Valley was the only place damaged. Mat Sator was one of the men implicated in the murder of the two natives, who were carrying a friendly message to Mat Salleh prior to the outbreak of hostilities.