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The deployment of Iban mercenaries recruited to fight in the Malayan Emergency was a widely publicised topic in the British press. Many newspapers articles contained titles referring to the Iban cultural practice of headhunting and contained articles portraying Ibans as violent and primitive while being friendly towards white Europeans.
During the Malayan Emergency (1948–1960), British and Commonwealth forces recruited Iban (Dayak) headhunters from Borneo to fight and decapitate suspected guerrillas of the socialist and pro-independence Malayan National Liberation Army, officially claiming this was done for "identification" purposes. [46]
An Iban headhunter during the Malayan Emergency (1948–1960) prepares a human scalp above a container of human body parts. In the 20th century, significant Iban migrations continued, with key movements including the settlement of the Baleh tributary of the Rejang River in 1922, the establishment of Iban communities in the Suai, Niah and Sibuti ...
The scandal was sparked by the Daily Worker's publication of the article "This is the War in Malaya" (April 28, 1952).. The British Malayan headhunting scandal of 1952 was a political scandal involving senior British politicians, military leaders, and activists, including prime minister Winston Churchill, communist publisher J.R. Campbell, general Gerald Templer, and colonial secretary Oliver ...
In 1948, at the beginning of the Malayan Emergency, groups of Iban trackers [3] were recruited to help in the defence against the Communist Party of Malaya. These Iban trackers were organised into a regimental formation as the Sarawak Rangers in 1953. Prior to 1963, they were attached as scouts to many British units serving in Malaya.
MacDonald, who had facilitated the deployment of these mercenaries and had previously praised them, became embroiled in the resulting British Malayan headhunting scandal, which featured a controversial photo of him welcoming Iban headhunters. During the Malayan Emergency, he had toured Malaya with American politicians, during which he showcased ...
Communist insurgency in Malaysia; Part of the Cold War in Asia and continuation of the Malayan Emergency: Sarawak Rangers (present-day part of the Malaysian Rangers) consisting of Ibans leap from a Royal Australian Air Force Bell UH-1 Iroquois helicopter to guard the Malay–Thai border from potential Communist attacks in 1965, three years before the war starting in 1968.
Malayan Emergency (1948–1960) George Cross and its ribbon bar Sergeant Dato' Awang anak Raweng P.S.B.S., GC ,(Rt) (20 April 1925 – 18 September 2020) also known as "Tua Kampung" (headman) an Iban Scout from Sarawak in Borneo , was awarded the George Cross for gallantry as recorded in the London Gazette on 20 November 1951.