REAL IMAGE OF TRAGEDY BUKIT KEPONG

(MIMA SURIATI)

Communist attack

• According to witnesses, there were approximately 200 people from the communist terrorists were led by Muhammad Indra, the Malay Communist deceived by the Chinese Communist party. 
• In the initial planning informed that Muhammad Indra as an alarm attack, however it turned into a tragedy worse, it is also accompanied by Komisser Goh Peng Tun.
•  Battle began when Constable Jaffar bin Hassan challenged and shot dead a communist who was cutting barbed wire the station. 
• The communists then attacked from all angles, especially from the front. However, the police, led by Sgt Jamil Mohd Shah, refused to surrender, although many times urged by the communists that they surrendered. 
• The police fight it out until one by one fall. 
• Two wives, marine police also took up arms when their husbands have died and they continue to fight with the other members until out of ammunition         (MIMA SURIATI)

The Condition and Situation of Bukit Kepong- Now

Bukit Kepong now become a:

1.  Historical police station in Malaysia which is the main attraction for the Malaysian tourists. 
2. Besides, many schools have visited the Bukit Kepong police station for students to approach historical events that occurred in Malaysia.

  

         (Dalilah Ehsan)

Moral Lesson of Tragedy Bukit Kepong:
1. We as Malaysian people must be appreciate the sacrifice they do to defense country.
2. Women also can lift the arms and defense country.
3. Appreciate the peace of Malaysia.
4. Enchance the patrotisme spirit among people.

         

(Nordalilah)...:)
have a nice day...

"Kami orang pils tidak akan menyerah diri. Biar kami mati di sini. Bukit Kepong menjadi tanah kubur kami"

by: Nur Amalina Adzlan

Synopsis of Bukit Kepong

BUKIT KEPONG TRAGEDY

Bukit Kepong Incident was a historic armed encounter which took place on the February 23, 1950 between the police and the Malayan Communists during pre-independence Malaya. This conflict took place in an area surrounding the Bukit Kepong police station in Bukit Kepong. The wooden station was located on the river banks of the Muar River, about 59km from Muar town, Johor.The incident started just before dawn with the Communists launching a guerilla assault on the police station. It ended tragically in a bloody massacre with the aggressors killing almost all of the police officers stationed there. When they began the siege, the attackers strongly believed that they would be able to defeat the policemen and gained control of the police station within a short span of time. This is due to several factors in their favour: 

1. Arms and numerical superiority 

2. Relative isolation of the station. 

The battle began at about 4.15 am.In the final hours of the fierce battle, the Communists set fire onto the officers' barracks and station. Two women and their children were burnt to death in the married quarters. At that point only 3 policemen plus a village guard were still alive. They rushed out from the burning station, unable to withstand the heat. They then assaulted the Communists position, killing at least 3 of them.Only about five hours after the first shot was fired did the communists manage to break their defences and set the place ablaze. They then retreated into the jungle, leaving a trail of destruction and bloodshed.

14 policemen, 4 village guards, 3 auxiliary policemen, wife of Abu Bakar Daud (one of the surviving policemen) and three of their children were killed in the incident. The total number of deaths is 25. Those who survived the bloody encounter are 4 policemen and 9 family members including their wives and children.

(Nur Farhah Binti Othman)