In September 1740 , as unrest Violence rose Motion_directional among the Chinese population , spurred Causation by government repression Control and declining Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale sugar prices , Governor-General Adriaan Valckenier declared Expressing_publicly that any uprising would be met with deadly force .

Valckenier was later recalled to the Netherlands and charged Judgment_communication with crimes related to the massacre Killing .