Malaya's Murdered Now Total Fifty

Chronicle (Levin), 5 July 1948, Page 5

Malaya's Murdered Now Total Fifty

Received Monday, 10,40 a.m. ..SINOAP.QRE, July 4. r.( Three more terrorist murders in Johore today brought the total throughout Malaya since May 1 to 50. The Admiralty has announced that four harbour defence motor launches have been conunis.sioned from ihe re serve to "assist the Al'alayan Federation Government to combat the lawlessne.ss in Malaya. This was done at the request of the Malayan Government. Ihe ftotilla would be ready in a few days. Posing as a Russian oflicer just parachuted into Malaya, a British police oflicer at Kuala Selangor, 35 miles north west of Kuia Lumpur helped trick a voung Ohincse Oonmiunist into disclosing the wliereabouts of an arms dump. Tlie police knew the Chinese had charge of the dump but were afraid to arrest him until he disclosed its hereabouts. The 'police party seized the arms and amuiunition and arrested the Chinese. Tlie largest Communist raid yet launched 111 yiala.va took place at dawn when terrorists sliot up Ivulai, 2u miles north of Johore Bahru, and pasted up posters in the street reading: ' Down with British Imperialism! " The police were able to hold off the terrorists when they riddled the police station with bullets. The raid showeo careful organisation. The police sav 110 motive except slieer terrorism was responsible for the murdcr of a Chinese man, woman, and child who were killed as they slep.t in a house which was riddled by the Comniunists ' bullets. The police arrested six "spies" — four men and two women — who are believed to have helped the Communist intelligenee to organise the attaek. Reuter's Singapore correspondent states that terrorists struck again killing flve Chinese while Malaya riwaited the announcemeht of the appointment of a new "strong-arm" Hig'h Commissioner to replace »Sir Edward Gent, wno is reported to have relinq.uished oflice. Gurkhas and Malays . intensifled their patrols, assisted by low-flying Royal Air Force aircraft in Central Malaya.