2. Political Checkpoint
• Definition:
Political checkpoint are the centre of
territorial administration
Territorial administration:
a geographical area
where it is controlled by
authority
3. At the beginning, political checkpoint
were created at trading centres located
at river mouth used by the Brunei’s
Malays to control the Kedayan and
Bisaya tribes
4.
5. Kampung: A small area
including small community
/ settlement along the
rivers banks. Each of the
community formed tiny
political system.
Daerah: Daerah made of several
kampungs and spread along one
or two rivers which flow into the
mouth of a larger river
Negeri: large
administrative centres
created at river mouth.
6. 1. To have better control of the human
resources
►Control over the rivers meant control over
natives
►The natives were important because they
provided Brunei’s market with valuable forest
product
Why were the political checkpoint established?
7. 2. To collect taxes
►The natives provided the rulers with their main
source of income
►The natives had to pay the Sultan and the Royal
Family different types of taxes
17. The Importance of Political
Checkpoint
Human
Resourc
es
(natives)
Provide forest product
Pay revenue / taxes to the
Sultan
Source of income to the royal
family
To control