▁to ▁give ▁up ▁their ▁plant ation ▁land ▁that ▁they ▁had ▁acquired ▁under ▁the ▁Dutch ▁to ▁be ▁red ist ributed ▁for ▁those ▁former ▁plant ation ▁workers ▁and ▁non - Mal ay ▁far mers . The ▁milit ants ▁under ▁the ▁leadership ▁of ▁P ES IN DO ▁( P em uda ▁Republik ▁Indones ia ), ▁the ▁Indones ian ▁Commun ist ▁Party ▁( PK I ), ▁and ▁the ▁Indones ian ▁National ▁Party ▁( P NI ) ▁attacked ▁almost ▁all ▁of ▁the ▁Mal ay ▁arist ocr ats . ▁The ▁w ives ▁and ▁children ▁of ▁the ▁arist ocrat ▁families ▁were ▁intern ed ▁and ▁their ▁houses ▁were ▁r ans ack ed ▁for ▁tre asure ▁by ▁the ▁p em uda . ▁The ▁sympathy ▁that ▁Mal ay ▁arist ocr ats ▁had ▁for ▁the ▁Dutch ▁and ▁the ▁thre ats ▁that ▁they ▁represented ▁to ▁the ▁independence ▁of ▁Indones ia ▁were ▁commonly ▁seen ▁as ▁the ▁two ▁main ▁reasons ▁for ▁the ▁occurrence ▁of ▁this ▁violent ▁event . ▁ ▁Main ▁Object ives ▁There ▁were ▁three ▁main ▁object ives ▁associated ▁with ▁the ▁revolution ▁that ▁involved ▁different ▁groups ▁of ▁people : ▁first ly , ▁to ▁se ize ▁Mal ay ▁arist ocr ats ▁and ▁their ▁principal ▁supp or ters ▁so ▁as ▁to ▁th wart ▁their ▁plans ▁for ▁the ▁return ▁of ▁the ▁Dutch ; ▁second ly , ▁gain ▁control ▁of ▁ker aja an ▁the ▁Mal ay ▁s ultan ates ' ▁wealth ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁sust ain ▁the ▁exp enses ▁for ▁the ▁national ▁struggle ▁and ▁third ly , ▁to ▁exercise ▁political ▁and ▁soci etal ▁changes ▁in ▁accord ance ▁to ▁the ▁Marx ist