More Murders In Malaya
SINGAPORE, August 16. Two Chinese terrorists yesterdav shoi dead a Chincsc bus conductor six mile^ from Kuala Kangsar in Perak State. A ticket inspector on the bus eseaped to the jungle. The murderers Jeft a note Ueside the conductor 's bqdv sig'ped by' 'thfe Malayan People 's •A'nti -British Arniv, stating that the deceased was a " running dog." A European planter was twice am luished by terrorists within a few minutes last night near Rengam, North Johore, but eseaped uninjured. Anned guards on two other Johore estates last night repulsed terrorists attacking estate buildings. Rocket-firiug Spitfires carried out oue of their biggest attaeks on an insurgent area 30.miles south of Ipoli this morning. After the target area had been subjeeted to intense strafmg fi'om the air, ground forees consisting of military and police, advanced over 1 ow lying swampv ground. Eolonel H. N. Gray, a wartime comnuindo and postwar Inspector-General of Palestine Police, who was recently appointed Police Commissioner for the. Eederation of Malaya, arrived in Singapore today. With the, support of the Air Foree and Arinv eoinmanders he will be responsible for directing the British jungle eampaign to eradieate terrorism. iie was accompanied by 40 . hand-picked Palestine policemon who will act as instruetors-to the volunteei s[>eciul constables in Malaya-
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Chronicle (Levin), 17 August 1948, Page 5
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