These heroes were
your corporals, European Police Sergeants and later European Police Lieutenants, all
Junior Officers. The Communist Malayan People Anti-British Army represented only
the interest of the Chinese immigrant squatters who were displaced non-citizens.
They had no interest at all in Malay culture or the rights of the indigenous
Malay people who were ruled by their Sultans for centuries. The Malayan
Communist Party MCP in 1948 waged an unjustified ruthless guerrilla war to
overthrow the British and her loyal colonial subjects. Renaming themselves the
Malayan Peoples Liberation Army, they became better known as CT bandits, their
areas of control deep in the jungles of Malaya bandit country. The Federation of Malaya
Police regulars initially were no match militarily against the combat experienced (former Malayan People Anti-Japanese Army ~ Force 136 Malaya) CTs, original designation for Chinese Terrorists but later, became known as communist
terrorists. It was nothing short of a miracle, how combat veterans, initially
from British controlled Palestine before it became the state of Israel were
pooled together to form up and train rather hurriedly, the new Federation of
Malaya Police Special Constables as an effective viable paramilitary police force.
This is the story of one European Police Lieutenant and the brave special constables
who served in theatre with him, many who lost their lives fighting against a 10,000 strong former MPAJA large formidable well-equipped Marxist inspired guerrilla army during the Malaya Emergency 1947 to 1960. This
book is dedicated to their memory.
