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A Servant Of Sarawak : Reminiscences of a Crown Counsel in 1950s Borneo

Author :  Peter Mooney

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Country
Singapore
Publisher
Monsoon Books Pte. Ltd., Singapore
ISBN 9789814358378
Format PaperBack
Language English
Year of Publication 2011
Bib. Info 272p. ; 20cm.
Categories Biography/Memoirs
Product Weight 280 gms.
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During his time in Sarawak peter faced numerous colourful characters in court,from indigenous warriors sporting feathered headdresses and leapord's teeth earrings to the equally intimidating David Marshall and Lee Kuan Yew, lawyers who would become respectively, the first chief minister and prime minister of singapore. Peter confronted Iban killers, Soekarno lookalikes and an indignant slave owner demanding compensation for loss of services after peter successfully prosecutedhis slave for murder. (Cultural Heritage/Travel/Southeast Asia)

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