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The champion of justice who died a tragic death, Hang Jebat
was unceremoniously killed by Hang Tuah in a duel of honour
that lasted 3 days and 3 nights. He ran amuck after suffering
a fatal wound from Hang Tuah's dagger, "Keris Taming Sari".
In the name of justice to avenge the sultan's hasty punishment
against Hang Tuah for a crime he did not commit, Hang Jebat
was accused by Hang Tuah of "durhaka" (contumacy).
The duel between two of Malacca's most prominent knights
has left a permanent question as to the moral behind Hang
Jebat's aberrent reaction against the authority and the
conventions by which Hang Tuah exercised his conduct as
loyal subject of the sultan.
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