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Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 12:55, 5 September 2024: 804 × 857 (783 KB): Abdul Rahman Muazzam: Uploaded a work by British soldier serving in the Malayan Emergency. from War diary belonging to a soldier of the British Army's Suffolk Regiment, 17 April 1952 - 5 January 1953, Suffolk county archives (Bury St Edmunds), GB554/B/2/10.
The Death of Lau Yew took place at the beginning of the Malayan Emergency. British security forces and Malayan Police clashed with those of the Malayan Communist Party resulting in the death of one of their key leaders, Lau Yew. [1] He had been betrayed by his own bodyguard. [2] Six people were killed in the initial attack.
The assassination of Sir Henry Gurney took place on 6 October 1951 at the height of the Malayan Emergency. Gurney, the British High Commissioner in Malaya, was killed by members of the Malayan Communist Party at Mile 56 ½ of Kuala Kubu Road on his way to Fraser's Hill for a meeting. [1] [2]
The Malayan Trilogy series of novels (1956–1959) by Anthony Burgess is set during the Malayan Emergency. In The Sweeney episode "The Bigger They Are" (series 4, episode 8; 26 October 1978), the tycoon Leonard Gold is being blackmailed by Harold Collins, who has a photo of him present at a massacre of civilians in Malaya when he was in the ...
Bukit Kepong incident was an armed encounter in 1950 during the Malayan Emergency between the Federation of Malaya Police and the guerrillas of the Malayan National Liberation Army (MNLA), the armed wing of the Malayan Communist Party (MCP). This conflict took place in an area surrounding the Bukit Kepong police station in Bukit Kepong.
[1] [3] [7] [9] The British Prime Minister at the time, Winston Churchill initially refused but following the order by the Sultan of Perak who agreed to pardon and persuaded the British authorities, [7] along with the efforts of Lim Phaik Gan, a British-born Malayan woman lawyer and diplomat, [10] her sentence was commuted and she was released ...
The Sungai Siput incident marked the beginning of the Malayan Emergency on 16 June 1948. Three European plantation managers were killed at Sungai Siput, Perak in two different rubber estates – the Elphil estate and Phin Soon estate.
In 1952 during the Malayan Emergency, Codner was killed by pro-independence guerrillas belonging to the Malayan National Liberation Army, the armed wing of the Malayan Communist Party. In response to Codner's killing, the British forces instituted draconian measures of collective punishment of nearby villagers in Tanjung Malim. [2]