Former cop chronicles 265 people killed during Emergency


KUALA LUMPUR: After four years of in-depth research into police archives, museums and libraries, a former police officer has gathered details of how each of the 265 military personnel, planters, miners, and other civilians were killed during the Malayan Emergency.

In his third book The Last Post, former Batu Gajah OCPD Datuk R. Thambipillay, 82, continues his tribute to the fallen heroes with short descriptions of the circumstances that led to each of their deaths.

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