APPEALING TO LIEUTENANT ALAN LEE'S NEXT-OF-KINS TO CLAIM HIS SKULL IN SARAWAK. I'm taking a long shot through my blog here. Hoping this message can get to the NOK of Alan Lee. S Lt Alan Lee was the Resident of Lingga, a District in the 2nd Division of Sarawak, during the reign of Rajah Charles Brooke in the 19th Century. He was killed in a battle against the Iban Warrior called Rentap on 24 April 1853. His head was kept by another Iban Warrior as his war trophy. It was passed on through his generation till this day. The head-hunting days in Sarawak is long gone and the skulls that used to adorn long houses have also disappeared, with the exception of a few including Alan Lee's. Today the modern generation of the Warrior who killed Alan Lee do not want to keep the head any more and wish to see it buried with the headless body of Alan Lee in the Old Cemetery in Kuching, Sarawak. I have tried to get help from the Sarawak Government and even the British Consulate in Kuala Lumpur but the response I got was not promising. From the response I got, the State Government seemed reluctant to handle the matter. I don't know the reasons. In matters like this, it should not be politicised. It is a humanitarian issue. The skull must be buried together with the body. If my approach seemed to meet a dead end, perhaps the best way is for the NOK of Alan Lee to appeal to the Govt of Sarawak to help out with the case. The NOK can contact me through my email: rizalbob@gmail.com/ I will provide all the details required. Lt Col Robert Rizal Abdullah PGB rizalbob@gmail.com Perak, Malaysia.

MY MERRY-GO-ROUND IN MY EFFORT TO UNITE THE HEAD WITH THE BODY OF LT ALAN LEE, THE RESIDENT OF LINGGA OF THE BROOKE ERA IN SARAWAK. Lt Alan Lee was killed by an Iban Warrior named Layang during a battle with Rentap in Skrang on 24 April 1853. Layang kept the head as his prized trophy and had passed it through his generation till this day. One of his last generation had contacted me to help him dispose the skull. He does not want to be burdened with its safekeeping anymore. Perhaps the Authority can reunite the head with the headless body of the poor Alan Lee who was buried at the Old Cemetry in Kuching, Sarawak. I tried contacting the Authority. No response. The other Department came to have a look at the skull but did not take subsequent actions. Don't know why. Perhaps they have their own reasons. I contacted the British Consulate. Also a dead end. It is not in their charter of duties. I was hoping at least they could refer me to any relevant Authority instead of telling me to do my own searches for the relevant Authority. I am now going the full circle. The responsibility rests with the Sarawak Government. I was told the NOK of Lt Alan Lee did come to Sarawak in search of the missing head but was unsuccessful. He found only his sword. If this news come to his attention, he can contact me through my email rizalbob@gmail.com/