Panglima Datu Tating

Tating nation`s First Anti-colonial Hero?

The Memorial Datu Paduka Mat Salleh

Kota Kinabalu - Resistance against colonial rule in Malaysia began in Sabah by a local warrior, Panglima Datu Tating, more than 200 years ago, according Baszley Bee Basrah Bee, a history lecturer at the Social Science School of Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) here.

He said Datu Tating, a local, was the first to challenge colonial rule, in particular the British, in Sabah.