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Malaya 1957. A country gains freedom, but deep in the jungle fighting continues......
Friday 21 June 2013
Has the World forgotten the Malayan Emergency?
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Monday 17 June 2013
16 June 1948 - 3 murders start the Malayan Emergency
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Twenty minutes later three young Chinese rode up to the office on bicycles. One was heard to say 'Tabek Tuan' (Greetings Sir) and Walker cheerfully replied. A few seconds later two shots rang out and he was dead, shot through the heart and chest. The Chinese calmly left.
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