This video is called In Cold Blood- the truth of Batang Kali massacre.
From British weekly Socialist Worker:
Malaysian skeletons refuse to stay in the cupboard
David Jardine looks at what campaigns to highlight British atrocities in Malaysia tell us about the crimes of colonialism
Skeletons rattle in cupboards. What do you do? Block your ears? Play some loud music to drown out the sound? Or gingerly open the cupboard to see what it is that is disturbing you?
The cupboards of history are full of such skeletons – some rattling more violently than others and some coming to life again after many years.
One example is the 1948 Batang Kali massacre in the central Malayan (now Malaysian) state of Selangor in which it is alleged that the British army’s Scots Guards Regiment shot 25 unarmed Chinese males.
A renewed campaign is underway in Malaysia – perhaps inspired by demands in recent years by Malaysian Indians to have Britain pay compensation for exploitation under colonialism – to have a thorough disclosure of the event and for compensation to be paid.A renewed campaign is underway in Malaysia – perhaps inspired by demands in recent years by Malaysian Indians to have Britain pay compensation for exploitation under colonialism – to have a thorough disclosure of the event and for compensation to be paid.
Will the ex-colonial subjects ever keep quiet, conservative commentators wonder aloud?
Apparently not.
60 years on, Malaya ‘massacre’ by British troops to be investigated: here.
Anger as women caned for adultery
Malaysia: Amnesty on Thursday condemned the caning of three Muslim women for having extramarital sex, the first time the punishment has been carried out in the country.
The women were caned at a prison near Kuala Lumpur on February 9 after being convicted in a Shariah court of having sex outside of marriage.
Amnesty activist Donna Guest said: “The Malaysian government needs to abolish this cruel and degrading punishment, no matter what the offence.”
http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/index.php/news/content/view/full/87006
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PM faces protest against land laws
Malaysia: Hundreds of indigenous citizens have staged a rare protest outside the prime minister’s office to denounce legal amendments that the government is planning for indigenous land issues.
The Orang Asli – which means “Original People” in the Malay language – collectively refers to some 18 ethnic tribes, many of whom live in or near the rain forest in peninsular Malaysia.
Orang Asli representatives have reportedly been told that tribal families will be given ownership of nearly 125,000 acres of state land, but they will have to surrender their claim to another 200,000 acres in return.
http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/index.php/news/content/view/full/88061
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Inquiry into rubber workers’ shootings
COURTS: Relatives of unarmed Malaysian rubber plantation workers shot dead by British troops nearly 64 years ago have won permission to challenge a government refusal to hold a public inquiry into the killings.
Lawyers for families of the 24 individuals who died in the village of Batang Kali, Selangor, said on Thursday they had been given the go-ahead by a High Court judge to seek a judicial review.
http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/news/content/view/full/109286
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