Britain's highest court to hear Malaysia massacre case

File picture shows relatives of unarmed Malaysian rubber plantation workers killed in Batang Kali in 1948 by British troops,(from L) Loh Ah Choi, Chang Koon Ying and Lim Ah Yin, at a press conference in London.

London (AFP) - Relatives of 24 rubber-plantation workers killed in Malaysia in 1948 by British troops will press their decades-old demand for a public inquiry in Britain's highest court on Wednesday, lawyers said.

The December 12, 1948 incident, dubbed the "Batang Kali massacre", occurred during the so-called Malayan Emergency, when Commonwealth forces fought a communist-inspired revolt in the British colony.