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Malay Sarawakian nationalist and independence activist

Rosli Dhobi (18 March – 2 March ) also Rosli Dhoby, was a Sarawakian nationalist from Sibu of mixed Malay-Melanau descent during the British crown colony era in that state.

He was a member leader of the Rukun 13, an active organisation in the anti-cession movement of Sarawak, along with Morshidi Sidek, Awang Rambli Bin Deli and Bujang Suntong.

It was a secret cell organisation, composed of nationalists, which carried out assassinations of officers of the British colonial government in Sarawak.

Rosli Dhobi: teen who killed for Sarawak’s …

He was well known for his assassination of Duncan George Stewart, the second governor of colonial Sarawak, in

Early life

Rosli Dhobi was born on 18 March at House No. 94, Kampung Pulo in Sibu, as the second child cum elder son in a washerman's family. His father, Dhobi bin Buang was an ethnic local Sibu Malay who had ancestral roots in Kalimantan, Indonesia and was a descendant of Raden ranked nobles.

His mothe