A shekara ta 1818, an nada Sir Stamford Raffles a matsayin Lieutenant Governor na mulkin mallaka na Burtaniya a Bencoolen. Ya ƙaddara cewa ya kamata Burtaniya ta maye gurbin Netherlands a matsayin babban iko a cikin tsibirin, tun da hanyar kasuwanci tsakanin China da Indiya ta Burtaniya, wanda ya zama muhimmiyar mahimmanci tare da kafa kasuwancin opium tare da China, ya wuce ta tsibirin. Yaren mutanen Holland sun hana cinikin Burtaniya a yankin ta hanyar hana Biritaniya yin aiki a tashar jiragen ruwa da ke ƙarƙashin ikon Holland ko kuma ta hanyar sanya su zuwa babban haraji. Raffles yana fatan kalubalantar Yaren mutanen Holland ta hanyar kafa sabon tashar jiragen ruwa a cikin Tekun Malacca, babbar hanyar jirgin ruwa don cinikin Indiya da China.
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