In response to the insurgency, the Malaysian federal government created several "controlled areas" along the Kuching-Serian road in Sarawak's First and Third Divisions in 1965.
Dalam menanggapi pemberontakan tersebut, pemerintah federal Malaysia membuat beberapa "kawasan terkontrol" di sepanjang jalan Kuching-Serian di Divisi Pertama dan Ketiga Sarawak pada 1965.