A large Indonesian contingent crossed the border and attacked the outpost at Long Jawai, about fifty miles into Borneo.

[1] On 25 September 1963, Captain John Burlinson arrived at the village of Long Jawai, population of 500, and began setting up defences.

[citation needed] On the early morning of September 28, a Malaysian border scout left his position to visit his sick wife in the village.

The Indonesians proceeded to execute ten of the captured border scouts, plunder the village, and bury their dead.

Helicopters enabled the Gurkhas to deploy ambush parties to likely withdrawal routes in orchestrated action that lasted until the end of October.

The local population lost all trust in the Indonesians after watching the killings of the captured border scouts.