VOC officials executed dozens of Bandanese orang kaya after coercive interrogations and a summary proceeding. Scholarly accounts commonly identify 44 people, while figures and descriptions vary across sources. The killings removed community leaders during the conquest; subsequent deportations, enslavement, flight, and deaths from violence and starvation devastated Bandanese society. Historians and descendants use the term genocide for this campaign, which is discussed in the research report.
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Why is the 8 May 1621 execution of Bandanese leaders significant?
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The executions accompanied conquest, deportation, enslavement, and displacement.
The executions of Bandanese leaders occurred after coercive interrogations.
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Scholarly accounts describe torture and a summary proceeding before the executions.