IT was 2pm on June 20, 1973. Wilfred Gomez Malong (pic), 23, and two of his men spotted smoke coming from the remote Ulu Poi forests of Kanowit district.
It could have either been Iban hunters having a break or the communist terrorists (CTs) who had been waging a 10-year war against the Government.
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