ON 11 AUGUST IN SOUTHEAST ASIAN HISTORY
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Updated on August 11, 2019
1687: Siamese King Narai, upon advice of Constantine Phaulkon, issues a declaration of war against the English East India Company, though not the English government
1786: Captain Francis Light established the British colony of Penang in Malaysia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Light
1863: To prevent Siam and Annam attacks, Cambodian king Norodom I sign a Protectorate agreement with France
1911: Birth of Thanom Kittikachorn, twice premier of Thailand, who died on June 16, 2004
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanom_Kittikachorn
1948: Musso, former PKI leader from the 1920s, arrives in Yogya after spending twelve years in the Soviet Union. Sjarifuddin (former PM) announces that he has been an underground member of PKI (Communist Party of Indonesia)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musso
1954: A formal peace takes hold Indochina, ending more than seven years of fighting between the French and the Communist Vietminh
1959: Laos appeals the United Nations on its territory violations by North Vietnam
1966: After the Confrontasi over Borneo, Malaysia and Indonesia, by the Jakarta Accord, normalize their diplomatic relations
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesia%E2%80%93Malaysia_confrontation#cite_ref-FOOTNOTECarver1986806_50-0
1968: Birth of Noordin Mohammad Top, Malaysian Islamist terrorist, killed on September 17, 2009
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noordin_Mohammad_Top
1972: The last United States ground combat unit depart South Vietnam
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/last-u-s-ground-combat-unit-departs-south-vietnam
1975: The US vetoes the proposed admission of North and South Vietnam to the United Nations. The Security Council had already rejected South Korea application
1975: Governor Mario Lemos Pires of Portuguese Timor abandons the capital Dili, following a coup by the Timorese Democratic Union (UDT) and the outbreak of civil war between UDT and Fretilin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timorese_Democratic_Union
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fretilin
1993: Birth of Gita Gutawa, Indonesian singer-songwriter and actress
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gita_Gutawa
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EV19hpZcD5g
2002: In Indonesia, the People’s Representative Council (DRP) unanimously decides that starting 2004 the president and vice-president will be direcly elected by the people
2003: Jemaah Islamiyah leader Riduan Isamuddin, better known as Hambali, in charge of the Bali attack (202 killed) is arrested in Bangkok, Thailand
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/2346225.stm
2009: Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, the Burma pro-democracy leader, is sentenced to three years of hard labor for violating the terms of her house arrest, but her sentence is quickly commuted to a new term of house arrest of up to 18 months
2015 : The Indonesian Supreme Court orders the family of former president Suharto to pay back to the state Rp. 4.4 trillion ($324 million) in funds misappropriated during the late strongman’s lengthy reign
http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/1848617/ex-indonesian-leader-suhartos-family-ordered-pay-back
2017: Cambodian PM accuses Laos of border violation, mobilising troops
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/cambodian-pm-accuses-laos-of-border-violation-mobilising-troops-9114246
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5077785/hun-sen-threatens-evict-lao-troops/